Jeffrey pine
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛfri paɪn/
- Specialized
:
pino de Jeffrey
- The Jeffrey pine is common in the mountainous regions of California and Oregon.
Examples
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Botanists can distinguish a Jeffrey pine from a ponderosa pine by its cones and needle color.
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Several Jeffrey pine trees towered above the forest trail, their long needles shimmering in the sunlight.
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The Jeffrey pine grows predominantly in California.
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Many Jeffrey pines can be found in the Sierra Nevada.
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The tall Jeffrey pine is easily recognized by its long blue-green needles in groups of three.
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Hiking through the Sierra Nevada, we saw many Jeffrey pines with elongated cones dotting the landscape.
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In the forest, the Jeffrey pine stood out due to its unique appearance and height among other trees.
Synonyms
A tall pine tree with long blue-green needles in groups of three and long cones
A tall pine tree from western North America with long blue-green needles in groups of three and large cones
A tall western North American pine with long blue-green needles in groups of three
Surface Forms
Morphology
Jeffrey + pine
The phrase is a straightforward noun phrase combining a proper name with the noun 'pine', so a learner who knows 'pine' will infer it denotes a type or species of pine tree named 'Jeffrey'. While detailed botanical properties (needles, range, scientific name) are not predictable from the constituents, the basic referent — a kind of pine tree — is directly derivable.
Etymology
Jeffrey pine gets its name from the 19th-century plant collector John Jeffrey, who found and sent samples of this tall western tree to scientists in Europe. So the name simply means the 'pine' that was named for Jeffrey.
