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Bristlecone Pine

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Noun

1. bristlecone pine, pinus aristata, rocky mountain bristlecone pine

small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bristlecone Pine

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noun
a coniferous tree, Pinus aristata, of the western US, bearing cones with bristle-like prickles: one of the longest-lived trees, useful in radiocarbon dating

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Bristlecone Pine

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either of two high-altitude pine tree (Pinus aristata and P. longaeva) of the W U.S., having needles in clusters of five and cones with bristles: they are known for their often twisted, gnarled appearance and extremely long life

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bristlecone Pine

see synonyms of bristlecone pine
n.
Either of two small slow-growing pines (Pinus aristata or P. longaeva) found at higher elevations of the western United States, having needles in fascicles of five. Specimens of P. longaeva in east-central California are among the oldest known living trees, achieving ages well over 4,000 years.

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