pine barren

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of pine barren

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35

Example Sentences

In the blackness before dawn, the Silver Meteor streaked through the South Carolina pine barren.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford

Schenectady is a German word, and means pine barren.

From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton

One does for the Southern pine barren what the other does for the Northern berry pasture.

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford

Gen. Morgan drew up his men in an open pine barren, the militia of about four hundred men, under Col.

From A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade by James, William Dobein