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ancient pine

DEFINITIONS OF: ancient pine

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n small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops

Synonyms:
Pinus longaeva
Type of:
pine, pine tree, true pine
a coniferous tree
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