Noun: 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
- bristlecone pine, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
Type of: pine, pine tree, true pine
Encyclopedia: Pinus aristata