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ponderosa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ponderosa has 1 sense
- ponderosa(n = noun.plant) bull pine, pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, western yellow pine - common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature; Array is a kind of yellow pine
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ponderosa, n. US 1 a N. American pine-tree, Pinus ponderosa.
2 the red timber of this tree.
2 the red timber of this tree.
Etymology
mod.L, fem. of L ponderosus: see PONDEROUS
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