Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
{Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
{nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
genera.
3. A pineapple.
{Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
{Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the {Araucaria excelsa}.
{Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
{Pine borer} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
{Pine finch}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
{Pine grosbeak} (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
{Pine lizard} (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
{alligator}.
{Pine marten}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
{sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
(b) The American sable. See {Sable}.
{Pine moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
{Pine mouse} (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
{Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
{Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
{Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
{Pine snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American
snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
{bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
{Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
{Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree.
{Pine weevil} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees.
Several species are known in both Europe and America,
belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.
{Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
wool}.
2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
(a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
ball;
(b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
(c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
press}.
{Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
properties. --Loudon.
{Alligator fish} (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish of northwestern
America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).
{Alligator gar} (Zo["o]l.), one of the gar pikes
({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of
the United States. The name is also applied to other
species of gar pikes.
{Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
{Avocado}.
{Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
(Zo["o]l.), a very large and voracious turtle
({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the
southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of
two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to
which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a
scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This
name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
{Trionyx}.
{Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
({Guarea Swartzii}).