English noun: bristlecone pine | |||
1. | bristlecone pine (plant) small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old | ||
Synonyms | Pinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pine, pine tree, true pine | ||