pencil pine

English

Etymology

From its narrow, pointed shape.

Noun

pencil pine (plural pencil pines)

  1. Athrotaxis cupressoides, a tree native to Tasmania.
  2. Cupressus sempervirens, a cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region and widely planted as an ornamental.
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