pencil pine

English

Etymology

From its narrow, pointed shape.

Noun

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.