pitch pine

n 1: large 3-needled pine of southeastern United States having

very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is

red-brown deeply ridgedged; an important timber tree

[syn: {longleaf pine}, {southern yellow pine}, {Georgia

pine}, {Pinus palustris}]

2: large 3-needled pine of the eastern United States and

southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine

[syn: {northern pitch pine}, {Pinus rigida}]