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.

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piny British  

/ ˈpaɪnɪ /

adjective

1. of, resembling, or covered with pine trees

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Etymology

Origin of piny

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

Example Sentences

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piny

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

At length she looked at piny, sandy, swank Aiken, S. C. and found it good.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The waters did, indeed, look black as we saw them weltering on through the piny gloom far below us.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens