ancient pine

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   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

   SynonymsPinus longaeva

   Broaderpine

Questions about ancient pine

What does ancient pine mean?

ancient pine means "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".

What is another word for ancient pine?

Close synonyms include Pinus longaeva. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.