Jack Pine (Noun)
Meaning
Slender medium-sized two-needled pine of eastern North America; with yellow-green needles and scaly grey to red-brown fissured bark.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The jack pine tree stood tall amidst the other flora in the eastern North American forest.
- A unique characteristic of the jack pine is its ability to thrive in poor soil conditions.
- Jack pines have been used as Christmas trees due to their symmetrical shape and full branches.
- The forest was dominated by the jack pine, its yellow-green needles swaying gently in the breeze.
- As the seasons changed, the scaly grey to red-brown fissured bark of the jack pine became more prominent.