Ancient Pine (Noun)
Meaning
Small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The ancient pine stood tall on the mountain top, its twisted trunk a testament to its age and resilience.
- Ancient pines are found in the cold semidesert mountain tops of the western United States, where they can live for thousands of years.
- The park ranger pointed out the ancient pine, its chocolate brown bark glistening in the sunlight, and explained that it was over 3,000 years old.
- The ancient pine's short needles, which grew in bunches of five, were a distinctive feature of the species.
- As the hikers climbed higher, they came across a grove of ancient pines, their conic crowns rough and twisted with age.