whitebark pine

noun

variants or less commonly whitebarked pine

ˈ⸗ˌ⸗-

: a pine (Pinus albicaulis) of the western U.S. having thin pale brown or creamy white bark and soft brittle wood

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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