pinery

American  

[pahy-nuh-ree] / ˈpaɪ nə ri /

noun

plural

pineries

1. a place in which pineapples are grown.

2. a forest or grove of pine trees.

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pinery British  

/ ˈpaɪnərɪ /

noun

1. a place, esp a hothouse, where pineapples are grown

2. a forest of pine trees, esp one cultivated for timber

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Etymology

Origin of pinery

First recorded in 1750–60; pine ¹ + -ery

Example Sentences

Staff at the pinery commemorated the success of the crop by recreating a 1675 painting by Hendrick Danckerts, which showed King Charles II being given the first pineapple to be grown on English soil.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2012

The project to restore Tatton Park's traditional pinery was completed in 2007 and staff have been working towards producing a crop ever since.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2012

As Sammy rode slowly through the pinery and down the narrow Fall Creek valley, she was thinking of these things, thinking of these things seriously.

From The Shepherd of the Hills by Wright, Harold Bell

Lime was working one of Graham's farms on shares in the summer; in the winter he went to the pinery.

From Prairie Folks by Garland, Hamlin

Again I was in a long low place something like the pinery, and here I was amongst melons—large netted-skinned melons of all sizes, some being quite huge, and apparently ready to cut.

From Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden by Fenn, George Manville