mountain pine n 1: evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka [syn: {pahautea}, {Libocedrus bidwillii}] 2: tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is gray-brown with rectangular plates when mature [syn: {western white pine}, {silver pine}, {Pinus monticola}] 3: low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two [syn: {Swiss mountain pine}, {dwarf mountain pine}, {mugho pine}, {mugo pine}, {Pinus mugo}]