piny

Or pine·y

[pahy-nee]

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

/ ˈpaɪnɪ /

adjective

1. of, resembling, or covered with pine trees

Word History and Origins

Origin of piny¹

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

Example Sentences

Numerous bird species, including the Eurasian Jay, Green Finch, Hooded Crow, Masked Shrike, Palestine Sunbird, and Sardinian Warbler rely on the biodiversity provided by Palestine’s wild trees, six species of which are often found in native olive groves: the Aleppo pine, almond, olive, Palestine buckhorn, piny hawthorne, and fig.

From Salon

But odor profiles generated by Deutsch and 13 other volunteers served as a test for a computer program that had been trained to produce these same types of descriptions—such as fruity, cooling, fishy, piny—using chemical structure alone.

From Science Magazine

Regina Nyakol Piny, a mother of nine, now lives in a primary school in the village of Wangchot after their home was swamped.

From Seattle Times

Regina Nyakol Piny, a mother of nine, now lives in a primary school in the village of Wangchot after their home was swamped.

From Washington Times

A large part of Rovaniemi is covered in forests, so the pleasant and piny scent of coniferous trees really embodies this town of lumberjacks.

From The Guardian