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}.
Note: Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous
trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three
species of pine. --J. D. Hooker.