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.
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