pine
/pīn/
noun
- an evergreen coniferous tree that has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for their soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.
- a pineapple.
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A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.
World Flora Online accepts 187 species names of pines as current, with additional synonyms, making it the largest... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Pinus
Family: Pinaceae
Subfamily: Pinoideae
Class: Pinopsida
Division: Pinophyta
Genus: Pinus; L.
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pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love.
to strongly desire esp. something that is difficult or impossible to obtain: Bradley pined for his wife, who was far away.
to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for ):. to pine for one's home and family.