jack pine

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noun

a scrubby pine, Pinus banksiana, growing on tracts of poor, rocky land in Canada and the northern U.S., bearing short needles and curved cones.

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Also called gray pine.

Origin of jack pine

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby jack pine

jack oak, jack-of-all-trades, Jack of all trades, master of none, jackoff, jack-o'-lantern, jack pine, jack plane, jack plug, jack post, jackpot, jackrabbit

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How to use jack pine in a sentence

Let me tell you one thing that I discovered the white oaks were doing in the sand of the Jack-pine plains of Michigan.
Seed Dispersal|William J. Beal
There Bill cut off an eight-inch jack pine, leaving the stump approximately four feet high.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair
But win to the uppermost height they did, where an early snowfall lay two inches deep in a thin forest of jack pine.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair
They sat on the bowlder for a few minutes, then scrambled downhill to the jack-pine flat, and built their evening fire.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair

In the dim light of dawn Bill picked his way up through the jack-pine flat.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for jack pine

jack pine

noun

a coniferous tree, Pinus banksiana, of North America, having paired needle-like leaves and small cones that remain on the branches for many years: family Pinaceae

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