yellow pine

yellow pine (countable and uncountable, plural yellow pines)

1. Any of various trees with wood of a yellow color.
   1. In genus Pinus of pines (family Pinaceae)
      1. (eastern US) Any southern yellow pine of five species Pinus.
      2. (Western US) Any western yellow pine, either a ponderosa pine or a Jeffrey pine.
   2. In species of family Podocarpaceae, of podocarps
      1. (New Zealand) A coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand, of species Halocarpus biformis.
      2. (Australia) A tree of species Podocarpus elatus, of Australia; an Ilawarra plum-pine.
2. (uncountable) Wood from any of these trees.

• southern yellow pine (esp. Pinus palustris)
• western yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa, P. jeffreyii)

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