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PITCH PINE [5 records]

Record 1 2016-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A tree of the family Pinaceae.

Key term(s)
  • American pitch-pine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Arbre de la famille des Pinaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 3 2010-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A tree of the family Pinaceae.

Key term(s)
  • pitch-pine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Arbre de la famille des Pinaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 4 2004-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The oleoresin or pitch obtained from living pine trees. Sticky, viscous balsamic liquid... strong piny odor; soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform and glacial acetic acid. Combustible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Nom générique des oléorésines extraites des conifères; distillation de l'essence de térébenthine et du colophane.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 5 2002-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
DEF

Oils, resins, tars, and pitch extracted from pine and fir trees. Historically, the term was derived to describe those products when they were used in the construction of wooden sailing vessels.

OBS

... still applied to the products of the US resin industry ...

Key term(s)
  • naval store

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
DEF

Produits industriels tels que térébenthine, essence de térébenthine, colophanes, goudrons de pins (par exemple goudrons de Norvège), poix, etc.

Key term(s)
  • produit résinier
  • produit résineux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos madereros
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