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

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pineland

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 usual, I found Betty in the pineland.

From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)