| NOUN | plant | bristlecone pine, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine, 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata | |
| Broader | pine, pine tree, true pine | A coniferous tree |
| Catalan | pinus aristata | |
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