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piny

American  
[pahy-nee] / ˈpaɪ ni /
Or piney

adjective

pinier, piniest
  1. abounding in or covered with pine trees.

    piny hillsides.

  2. pertaining to or suggestive of pine trees.

    a piny fragrance.


piny British  
/ ˈpaɪnɪ /

adjective

  1. of, resembling, or covered with pine trees

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of piny

First recorded in 1620–30; pine 1 + -y 1

Example Sentences

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In & out of the piny mountain country on Nicaragua's northern flank, armed, machete-toting men filtered mysteriously.

From Time Magazine Archive

Zoologist Bivouacked in the piny hills near the Han early last week, the 25th Division had its hands full digging in for the expected Chinese assault.

From Time Magazine Archive

While all these potential rewards and troubles boiled furiously, Bob Young spent most of last week in the piny woods of northern Florida, expertly banging away at quail.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was hoping to leave in a fortnight with his daughter Indira for the cool, piny forests of Uttar Pradesh, there to sleep under the stars, ride ponies, climb mountains and go boating.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now I remembered that I had been smelling that piny smoke all day, and I laid it to the two camp-fires, but I must have been mistaken.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

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