pinery

[ pahy-nuh-ree ]

/ ˈpaɪ nə ri /

noun, plural pin·er·ies.

a place in which pineapples are grown.

a forest or grove of pine trees.

Nearby words

pineland, pinellas park, pinene, pineoblastoma, pinero, pinery, pines, pinesap, pinetum, pineville, pinewood

Origin of pinery

First recorded in 1750–60; pine¹ + -ery

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Examples from the Web for pinery

I was just back and feeling strong again, when one day Sir Francis came down into the pinery, and stopped and spoke to me.
Brownsmith's Boy|George Manville Fenn
Four years ago when the Herald exposed the pinery dens of Wisconsin, Marinette was known as the wickedest city in the country.
Woman, Church & State|Matilda Joslyn Gage
He had a pine-house built 68 feet in length and a pinery 140 feet.
Lives of the Engineers|Samuel Smiles
I'll lock the library up and fortunately there are no fiddles at the Pinery.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908|Lucy Maud Montgomery

In the management of Pinery, should gentlemen incline their attention thitherward, the following observances will be useful.
Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land|William Charles Wentworth

British Dictionary definitions for pinery

pinery

/ (ˈpaɪnərɪ) /

noun plural -neries

a place, esp a hothouse, where pineapples are grown

a forest of pine trees, esp one cultivated for timber

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