Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Riga fir \Ri"ga fir`\, [So called from Riga, a city in Russia.]
   (Bot.)
   A species of pine ({Pinus sylvestris}), and its wood, which
   affords a valuable timber; -- called also {Scotch pine}, and
   {red or yellow deal}. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the
   Caucasus, and in Siberia.

Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.]
   1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
      {Pinus}.

   Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
         States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
         {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
         resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
         Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
         pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
         ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
         {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
         bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
         firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
         considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
         genera.

   2. The wood of the pine tree.

   3. A pineapple.

   {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.

   {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
      the {Araucaria excelsa}.

   {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
      with pines. [Southern U.S.]

   {Pine borer} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
      pine trees.

   {Pine finch}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
      

   {Pine grosbeak} (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
      enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
      hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
      red.

   {Pine lizard} (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
      lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
      States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
      {alligator}.

   {Pine marten}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
          {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
      (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.

   {Pine moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
      tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[ae]
      burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
      doing great damage.

   {Pine mouse} (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
      pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
      forests.

   {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
      of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.

   {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).

   {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
      and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
      

   {Pine snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American
      snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
      with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
      {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
      chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.

   {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.

   {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
      seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
      figure of a pine tree.

   {Pine weevil} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees.
      Several species are known in both Europe and America,
      belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.

   {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
      them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
      Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
      arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
      wool}.

Sylvic \Syl"vic\, a. (Chem.)
   Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products;
   specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid,
   which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from
   {Pinus sylvestris}, and other species).

Vegetable \Veg`e*ta*ble\, a. [F. v['e]g['e]table growing,
   capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable,
   from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven,
   invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active,
   vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be
   lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E.
   wake, v. See {Vigil}, {Wake}, v.]
   1. Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or
      produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable
      growths, juices, etc.

            Blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable
      kingdom.

   {Vegetable alkali} (Chem.), an alkaloid.

   {Vegetable brimstone}. (Bot.) See {Vegetable sulphur}, below.
      

   {Vegetable butter} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of
      concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian
      butter tree, the African shea tree, and the {Pentadesma
      butyracea}, a tree of the order {Guttifer[ae]}, also
      African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of
      cocoa ({Theobroma}).

   {Vegetable flannel}, a textile material, manufactured in
      Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained
      from the leaves of the {Pinus sylvestris}.

   {Vegetable ivory}. See {Ivory nut}, under {Ivory}.

   {Vegetable jelly}. See {Pectin}.

   {Vegetable kingdom}. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below.
      

   {Vegetable leather}.
      (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge ({Euphorbia
          punicea}), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts.
      (b) See {Vegetable leather}, under {Leather}.

   {Vegetable marrow} (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly
      eight to ten inches long. It is noted for the very tender
      quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable
      in England. It has been said to be of Persian origin, but
      is now thought to have been derived from a form of the
      American pumpkin.

   {Vegetable oyster} (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under
      {Oyster}.

   {Vegetable parchment}, papyrine.

   {Vegetable sheep} (Bot.), a white woolly plant ({Raoulia
      eximia}) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large
      fleecy cushions on the mountains.

   {Vegetable silk}, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained
      from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree
      ({Chorisia speciosa}). It us used for various purposes, as
      for stuffing, and the like, but is incapable of being spun
      on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers.

   {Vegetable sponge}. See 1st {Loof}.

   {Vegetable sulphur}, the fine highly inflammable spores of
      the club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}); witch.

   {Vegetable tallow}, a substance resembling tallow, obtained
      from various plants; as, {Chinese vegetable tallow},
      obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. {Indian
      vegetable tallow} is a name sometimes given to piney
      tallow.

   {Vegetable wax}, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of
      certain plants, as the bayberry.

Source : WordNet®

Pinus sylvestris
     n : medium large 2-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia
         having flaking red-brown bark [syn: {Scotch pine}, {Scots
         pine}, {Scotch fir}]