pencil pine

noun — 2 senses

pencil pine

noun

Etymology From its narrow, pointed shape.

1

Athrotaxis cupressoides, a tree native to Tasmania.

  • The fire began spreading & the surrounding pencil pines & then the forest beyond was in flames […].2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 385:
2

Cupressus sempervirens, a cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region and widely planted as an ornamental.

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