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1. (n.) bristlecone pine
a small pine, Pinus aristata, of the high S Rocky Mountains, bearing cones with spine-tipped scales: believed to be the oldest living trees.
Etymology: (1890–95)
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1. (noun) bristlecone pine, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata
small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old
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