pencil pine

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Etymology

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From its narrow, pointed shape.

Noun

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pencil pine (plural pencil pines)

  1. Athrotaxis cupressoides, a tree native to Tasmania. [from 19th c.]
    • 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 385:
      The fire began spreading & the surrounding pencil pines & then the forest beyond was in flames [] .
  2. Cupressus sempervirens, a cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region and widely planted as an ornamental.