Noun: hickory pine
- A small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales
"hickory pines cling to rocky Appalachian slopes";
- table-mountain pine, prickly pine, Pinus pungens
Derived forms: hickory pines
Type of: pine, pine tree, true pine
Encyclopedia: Hickory pine