Shore Pine (Noun)
Meaning
Shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The shore pine grew in a tangled thicket along the rugged coastline, its branches bent by the constant wind.
- In the foggy dawn, the shore pine trees stood like sentinels, their reddish-brown trunks glowing in the misty light.
- The hikers had to push through a dense stand of shore pine to reach the rocky shoreline, where they could see the waves crashing below.
- The park ranger pointed out the distinctive bark of the shore pine, which was fissured into small squares like a mosaic.
- As the sun set over the Pacific, the shore pine trees cast long shadows across the sandy beach, their branches swaying gently in the breeze.