pineland

American  

[pahyn-land, -luhnd] / ˈpaɪnˌlænd, -lənd /

noun

1. Often pinelands. an area or region covered largely with pine forest.

   He longed for the pinelands of his home state.

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Etymology

Origin of pineland

An Americanism dating back to 1650–60; pine ¹ + land

Example Sentences

The 1.1 million-acre pineland encompasses most of South Jersey and has been rumored to house a folkloric "Jersey Devil" for more than 250 years, according to the Pinelands Preservation Alliance.

From Fox News • Oct. 5, 2021

But in 2007, a butterfly collector stumbled across several near the zoo, a rare Lazarus moment that has since helped reignite efforts to save the last isolated tracts of pineland.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2016

The endangered pineland sandmat in Florida’s Everglades National Park on March 16, 2015.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2015

Far away it stretched, over garden, and pineland, and flowery meadow-spaces, to the blue, silver-sewn sea, which to my fancy looked Homeric.

From The Motor Maid by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

As I snuggled into my blankets with my face turned to the blaze, the darkness of the night and the denizens of the pineland wilderness to the north had no terrors for me.

From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin