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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


SynonymsPinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine


Broader (hypernym)pine, pine tree, true pine









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