pine barren

noun

1. a tract of sandy or peaty soil in which pine trees are the principal growth, as in low-lying areas near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pine barren¹

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35

Example Sentences

The Indians had left the swamp and hidden themselves in a pine barren, near which the roadway wound.

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Between the Caloosahatchee the country is wet pine barren, with occasionally dry islands.

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More interesting, and a thousand times more memorable, than any flower or bird was the pine barren itself.

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Except in this bit of pine barren, the roads are exceedingly muddy.

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It was already past noon, when I caught sight of a solitary deer making its way across the open pine-barren.

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