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Detailed Synonyms for bristlecone pine in English
bristlecone pine:
bristlecone pine [the ~] noun
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the bristlecone pine
– small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old 1the Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine; the bristlecone pine; the Pinus aristata– small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old 1