pitch pine

Noun

Synonyms: longleaf pine pitch pine southern yellow pine Georgia pine Pinus palustris northern pitch pine Pinus rigida

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

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 treeSynonyms: longleaf pine pitch pine southern yellow pine Georgia pine Pinus palustris
large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pineSynonyms: pitch pine northern pitch pine Pinus rigida

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.— Ecclus. xiii. 1.[1913 Webster]

2.(Geol.) See Pitchstone. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]