Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pitch \Pitch\, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.]
1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by
boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of
ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc.,
to preserve them.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
--Ecclus.
xiii. 1.
2. (Geol.) See {Pitchstone}.
{Amboyna pitch}, the resin of {Dammara australis}. See
{Kauri}.
{Burgundy pitch}. See under {Burgundy}.
{Canada pitch}, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree
({Abies Canadensis}); hemlock gum.
{Jew's pitch}, bitumen.
{Mineral pitch}. See {Bitumen} and {Asphalt}.
{Pitch coal} (Min.), bituminous coal.
{Pitch peat} (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy
luster.
{Pitch pine} (Bot.), any one of several species of pine,
yielding pitch, esp. the {Pinus rigida} of North America.
Source : WordNet®
pitch pine
n 1: large 3-needled pine of southeastern United States having
very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is
red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree [syn:
{longleaf pine}, {southern yellow pine}, {Georgia pine},
{Pinus palustris}]
2: large 3-needled pine of the eastern United States and
southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
[syn: {northern pitch pine}, {Pinus rigida}]