whitebark en · NOUN
Etymology
From white + bark.
Meanings
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The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.
But the seeds of the whitebark pine, the pine nuts, feed Clark’s nutcracker birds; red squirrels, which store the nuts underground; and grizzly bears.
2007 January 30, Charles Petit, “In the Rockies, Pines Die and Bears Feel It”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| whitebarks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |