Norfolk Island star pine

English

Noun

Norfolk Island star pine (plural Norfolk Island star pines)

  1. The Norfolk Island pine, Araucaria heterophylla.
    • 1972 Winter, Walker A. Tompkins, “Joseph Sexton establishes pampas plume industry”, in Noticias, volume 18, number 4, Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Historical Society, →ISSN, page 19:
      Sexton, who died in 1917, did considerable pioneer experimenting with avocadoes, traveling to Hawaii to do research into the "alligator pear." […] He was also the nurseryman who introduced the rare Norfolk Island (star) pine to Santa Barbara in 1874.
    • 1980 January 2, George Campbell, “It's the "season" … but which one??”, in Sanibel-Captiva Islander, volume 20, number 1, Sanibel, →OCLC, page 2:
      Thoughts for your Island Christmas next year. The beautiful and symmetrical Norfolk Island Star Pine makes a lovely Christmas tree.
    • 1994, Vincenzo Costa, Dinosaur Safari Guide, Stillwater: Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 146:
      You see the first dinosaurs in a forest of giant trees. Some of the trees reach 250 feet into the air. The trees are vaguely familiar, closely resembling Monkey Puzzles and Norfolk Island Star Pines.
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