yellow pine
noun
1
: any of several North American pines (such as a Ponderosa pine or longleaf pine) with yellowish wood
2
: the wood of a yellow pine
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The ponderosa pine, a type of yellow pine, lives at elevations typically above 5,000 feet along the Mogollon Rim and other higher elevations in Arizona.
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Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
The summit along State Route 264, which stretches from Gallup, N.M., through Window Rock, Ganado, and ends near Tuba City, is also dotted with ponderosa, oak, yellow pine, blackjack pine, piñon, cedar and juniper trees.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024
Deltec uses hefty southern yellow pine as timber, the extra-sturdy pieces sawn from the heart of these trees.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 9 July 2024
Baltimore is the northernmost city where valuable old-growth yellow pine can be salvaged, for example.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
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Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
The summit along State Route 264, which stretches from Gallup, N.M., through Window Rock, Ganado, and ends near Tuba City, is also dotted with ponderosa, oak, yellow pine, blackjack pine, piñon, cedar and juniper trees.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024
Deltec uses hefty southern yellow pine as timber, the extra-sturdy pieces sawn from the heart of these trees.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 9 July 2024
Baltimore is the northernmost city where valuable old-growth yellow pine can be salvaged, for example.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
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“Yellow pine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20pine. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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