eastern white pine

noun

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Currently offering several types of cut-your-own trees, including eastern white pine, Norway spruce and Fraser fir. Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2025 The Menominee Nation planted eastern white pine trees in Milwaukee as a symbol of peace and unity. Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 30 Apr. 2025 The prosperous timber industry, having stripped the region of its eastern white pine, was in retreat, leaving poverty in its wake. Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025 Populated and thick with red bark willow and eastern white pine, only a narrow, winding trail sliced through the shadows. Cathleen Calkins, Longreads, 23 Jan. 2024 In the 1990s, Bernd Heinrich and John and Colleen Marzluff — all then at the University of Vermont — climbed trees in Maine before sunset to watch ravens roosting in groves of eastern white pine trees. Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eastern white pine was in 1785

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“Eastern white pine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eastern%20white%20pine. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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