Found 2 hits - Term: pinus rigida, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pitch \pitch\, n. oe. pich, as. pic, l. pix; akin to gr. ?.
1. a thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by
boiling down tar. it is used in calking the seams of
ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc.,
to preserve them.
1913 webster
he that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
--ecclus.
xiii. 1.
1913 webster
2. geol. see pitchstone.
1913 webster
amboyna pitch, the resin of dammara australis. see
kauri.
burgundy pitch. see under burgundy.
canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree
abies canadensis; hemlock gum.
jew's pitch, bitumen.
mineral pitch. see bitumen and asphalt.
pitch coal min., bituminous coal.
pitch peat min., a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy
luster.
pitch pine bot., any one of several species of pine,
yielding pitch, esp. the pinus rigida of north america.
1913 webster
see also:
pitchstone amboyna pitch dammara australis kauri burgundy pitch burgundy
canada pitch abies canadensis jew's pitch mineral pitch bitumen
asphalt pitch coal pitch peat pitch pine pinus rigida
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pinus rigida
n : large 3-needled pine of the eastern united states and
southeastern canada; closely related to the pond pine
syn: pitch pine, northern pitch pine
see also:
pitch pine northern pitch pine
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