pine needle

noun

pine needle

noun

1

An adult leaf of an adult pine tree.

These he held aside, ushering her into a dark sanctuary resinously scented and thickly carpeted with pine needles.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 148:

Synonyms: needle

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