lodgepole
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈlɒdʒˌpoʊl/
- Specialized
:
pino de lodgepole
- Forest types with the most burned acreage were ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, and Douglas-fir.
- lodgepole pine
Examples
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To get at the gold, the miners cut down much of the lodgepole pine forest.
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The wind had blown down 15 dead lodgepole pines and eight live ones, all in one tangle.
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I looked out my kitchen window at lodgepole pine branches heavy with snow.
Fiction book (1993) -
Just thousands of acres of forests of ponderosa and lodgepole pine, prime habitat for mountain lions and bears.
Academic text (2009) -
A mountain pine beetle epidemic has decimated lodgepole pine stands from Colorado to Canada.
Blog text (6) -
About half a mile away, an elk plowed through the chest-deep snow, browsing on lodgepole pine needles.
Academic text (1991) -
The basin consists of a flat plain interspersed with meadows and stands of lodgepole pines, with the Firehole River flowing through the central part of the basin.
Academic text (2009) -
I looked out my kitchen window at lodgepole pine branches heavy with snow.
Synonyms
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7.6
A tall thin tree from western North America with two needles on each small branch and rough bark
A pine tree from the northwest coast of North America with needles in pairs and reddish scaly bark
A small pine tree that grows near the sea with twisted branches and can live in salty air
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.6
A tall thin tree from western North America with two needles on each small branch and rough bark
- Specialized
A tall pine tree that grows at high places in the Sierra Nevada mountains
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lodgepole comes from the simple combination of lodge and pole because people used these straight tree trunks as poles for lodges or tipis. A lodge is like a 'shelter' and a pole is a 'long stick', so the name reminds us the tree was used for building.