pumpkin pine

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a tall, stately pine, Pinus strobus, of eastern Canada, much used for shipmasts in colonial days and providing the basis for the lumber industry.

See: white pine(def. 1)

Quotations

1832

There are three varieties of this species of pine, called by the workman the Pumpkin, the Black-bark, and the Sapling. . . .

1917

Eastern White Pine [is also called] pumpkin pine . . . Quebec pine.