Banksian pine

[< Sir Joseph Banks, d. 1820, English naturalist]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of pine, Pinus banksiana.

Quotations

1852

The Banksian pine is more frequently seen in considerable patches, and . . . it offers the prospect of a dry and comfortable encampment.

1947

. . . the Banksian pine is found to be big enough to be merchantable near James Bay while in the Ottawa Valley it is a shrub.