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Definition of celery pine in English: celery pine(also celery-top pine) noun A slow-growing evergreen tree with shoots that resemble celery leaves, growing from Borneo to New Zealand. 芹松,芹叶枝松 Genus Phyllocladus, family Phyllocladaceae Example sentencesExamples - Trees on the steep banks of the river include myrtle, sassafras, celery-top pines, laurels and giant tree ferns.
- Among the more unusual plantings are pink pine and celery pine from higher on Mt Cargill and some local silver beech.
- In areas of high rainfall and infrequent fires, celery-top pine may dominate understorey rain-forest species.
- Apart from an occasional tree on the outskirts of Wellington city silver beech and celery pine only grow in the mountains.
- The genus to which the celery pine belongs only embraces three timber trees, one each in Borneo, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
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