Australian Pine (Noun)
Meaning
Common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions; yields heavy hard red wood.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The park is home to numerous species of trees, including the Australian Pine, a fast-growing and widely cultivated evergreen.
- Plantations of Australian Pine trees provide wood used in various industrial and domestic applications in many countries.
- Locals built boats, bridges and furniture from the sturdy and highly sought after red wood of the Australian Pine tree.
- Dotted around the beautiful grounds are specimens of Australian Pine with broad feathery leaves providing great shelter for small animals.
- However it was mainly for the purposes of the commercial harvesting of timber from Australian Pine trees that logging really expanded on the islands.