pine needle

the needlelike leaf of a pine tree.

Origin of pine needle

First recorded in 1865–70

But in the woods round about him there was not a stir, not a leaf or a pine-needle moved.

Knut Hamsun |Hanna Astrup Larsen
Ann drew one of her hands away and, taking up a pine-needle, began pricking the bit of cape that lay between them.

Nobody's Child |Elizabeth Dejeans
Each beetle was wrapped up carefully in a dock-leaf, fastened with a pine-needle pin.

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin |Beatrix Potter
There was brush near by, and the pine-needle mats almost bordered the bank.

The Young Forester |Zane Grey

There are pine-needle baths and a hospital for nervous diseases.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 |Various

pine needle

any of the fine pointed leaves of a pine