Noun: southern yellow pine
- Large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
"The southern yellow pine forest stretched for miles";
- longleaf pine, pitch pine, Georgia pine, Pinus palustris, longleaf
Derived forms: southern yellow pines
Type of: yellow pine
Encyclopedia: Southern yellow pine