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 (Zoˆl.), any beetle whose larvÊ bore into pine trees. --
Pine finch. (Zoˆl.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary. -- Pine grosbeak
(Zoˆl.), 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 (Zoˆl.), a small, very active, mottled
gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle States; --
called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator. -- Pine marten.
(Zoˆl.) (a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also sweet
marten, and yellow-breasted marten. (b) The American sable. See Sable.
-- Pine moth (Zoˆl.), any one of several species of small tortricid
moths of the genus Retinia, whose larvÊ burrow in the ends of the
branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. - - Pine mouse
(Zoˆl.), 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 (Zoˆl.), 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 (Zoˆl.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larvÊ
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.
Pi"ne*al (?), a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine,
from pinus a pine: cf. F. pinÈale.] Of or pertaining to a pine cone;
resembling a pine cone.
Pineal gland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third
ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body,
epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary
eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to
be the remnant of a dorsal median eye.
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Pine"ap`ple (?), n. (Bot.) A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also,
its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape
and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is
unknown, though conjectured to be American.
Pine`as"ter (?), n. See Pinaster.
{ Pine"-clad` (?), Pine"-crowned` (?), } a. Clad or crowned with pine
trees; as, pine-clad hills.
Pine"drops` (?), n. (Bot.) A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of
the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.
Pine"finch` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) A small American bird (Spinus, or
Chrysomitris, spinus); -- called also pine siskin, and American siskin.
(b) The pine grosbeak.
||Pi*nen"chy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a tablet + -enchyma, as in
||parenchyma.] (Bot.) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in
||which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.
Pin"er*y (?), n.; pl. Pineries (&?;). 1. A pine forest; a grove of
pines.