Pinus contorta n 1: shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares [syn: {shore pine}, {lodgepole}, {lodgepole pine}, {spruce pine}, {Pinus contorta}]
lodgepole pine \lodgepole pine\ n. A tall, narrow 2-needled pine ({Pinus contorta}) of the coastal Northwestern U. S., having a red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares and bearing egg-shaped cones. Syn: shore pine, lodgepole pine, spruce pine, {Pinus contorta}. [WordNet 1.5]