pitch pine

pitch pine
    n 1: large three-needled pine of southeastern United States
         having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is
         red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree [syn:
         {longleaf pine}, {pitch pine}, {southern yellow pine},
         {Georgia pine}, {Pinus palustris}]
    2: large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and
       southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine [syn:
       {pitch pine}, {northern pitch pine}, {Pinus rigida}]
    

Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.]
   1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by
      boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of
      ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc.,
      to preserve them.
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            He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
                                                  --Ecclus.
                                                  xiii. 1.
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   2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}.
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   {Amboyna pitch}, the resin of {Dammara australis}. See
      {Kauri}.

   {Burgundy pitch}. See under {Burgundy}.

   {Canada pitch}, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree
      ({Abies Canadensis}); hemlock gum.

   {Jew's pitch}, bitumen.

   {Mineral pitch}. See {Bitumen} and {Asphalt}.

   {Pitch coal} (Min.), bituminous coal.

   {Pitch peat} (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy
      luster.

   {Pitch pine} (Bot.), any one of several species of pine,
      yielding pitch, esp. the {Pinus rigida} of North America.
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