[syn: pitch pine, northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.]
   1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by
      boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of
      ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc.,
      to preserve them.
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            He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
                                                  --Ecclus.
                                                  xiii. 1.
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   2. (Geol.) See Pitchstone.
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   Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis. See
      Kauri.
   Burgundy pitch. See under Burgundy.
   Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree
      (Abies Canadensis); hemlock gum.
   Jew's pitch, bitumen.
   Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt.
   Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal.
   Pitch peat (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy
      luster.
   Pitch pine (Bot.), any one of several species of pine,
      yielding pitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North America.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pitch pine
    n 1: large three-needled pine of southeastern United States
         having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is
         red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree [syn:
         longleaf pine, pitch pine, southern yellow pine,
         Georgia pine, Pinus palustris]
    2: large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and
       southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine [syn:
       pitch pine, northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida]