1. Tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
   "mountain pines can grow to over 200 feet tall";
   - western white pine, silver pine, Pinus monticola
    
2. Low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
   "Swiss mountain pines are popular in rock gardens"; "dwarf mountain pines are popular in rock gardens";
   - Swiss mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugho pine, mugo pine, Pinus mugo
    
3. Evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka
   "Mountain pines dot the hillsides of New Zealand's Southern Alps";
   - pahautea, Libocedrus bidwillii

Derived forms: mountain pines

Type of: cedar, cedar tree, pine, pine tree, true pine, white pine

Part of: genus Libocedrus, Libocedrus

Encyclopedia: Mountain pine