pinery

[pahy-nuh-ree]

noun, plural pin·er·ies.

a place in which pineapples are grown.
a forest or grove of pine trees.

Origin of pinery

First recorded in 1750–60; pine¹ + -ery

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Examples from the Web for pinery

Historical Examples of pinery

He had a pine-house built 68 feet in length and a pinery 140 feet.
Lives of the Engineers
Samuel Smiles
Whenever you settle in the country, nephew, be sure you have a pinery.
Ernest Maltravers, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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
He poured forth a torrent of the vilest abuse that ever defiled a pinery.
The Boss of Wind River
David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
Mount Pleasant stands in the very midst of the pinery region, and from it in every direction stretches the great pine forest.
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America
J. P. MacLean

British Dictionary definitions for pinery

pinery

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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