pinery

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pin·er·y

 (pī′nə-rē)
n. pl. pin·er·ies
1. A hothouse or plantation where pineapples are grown.
2. A forest of pine trees.
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pinery

(ˈpaɪnərɪ)
n, pl -neries
1. (Horticulture) a place, esp a hothouse, where pineapples are grown
2. (Forestry) a forest of pine trees, esp one cultivated for timber
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pin•er•y

(ˈpaɪ nə ri)

n., pl. -er•ies.
1. a place in which pineapples are grown.
2. a forest or grove of pine trees.
[1750–60]
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Pinery

 plantation of pine trees, 1831.
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References in classic literature ?
Mango herself, of the great house of Mango, Plantain, and Co., Crutched Friars, and the magnificent proprietress of the Pineries, Fulham, who gave summer dejeuners frequented by Dukes and Earls, and drove about the parish with magnificent yellow liveries and bay horses, such as the royal stables at Kensington themselves could not turn out--I say had she been Mrs.
Did they sit up for the folks at the Pineries, when Ralph Plantagenet, and Gwendoline, and Guinever Mango had the same juvenile complaint?
Mango's own set at the Pineries was not so fine," Mr.
To procure the lumber, the Nauvoo House Association and the Temple Committee established a lumber and milling operation in Wisconsin, then famous for its "pineries" rich in pine trees and being harvested at an increasing rate.
It is believed the hothouses, known as pineries and thought to be the oldest in the region, were once used to grow the exotic fruits.
Franz's route took him north from Charlevoix along Lake Michigan, across the Straits of Mackinac into Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and down the western side of the lake, entering the pineries of northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota.
Those who worked in the woods and mills of British Columbia, the American Northwest, and the great pineries of the American South struggled--often against great odds and under demanding circumstances--to gain a fair share of the wealth they produced.
Pineapples were also grown in glass structures fittingly called "pineries." Constructed from translucent sheets of mica or oiled cloth, "Specularia," go back to the Roman emperor Tiberius who, in 30 A.D., needed to have his desire for cucumbers satiated out of season.
Leslie's visited a number of Union cemeteries in Virginia and, in July of 1867, submitted the first article that reads like an advertisement for a tourist destination: "Summer Rambles Through the Country--A Trip to Lynchburg, Virginia, via James River and Kanawha Canal." Other points of interest toured by the paper included "A Trip to Some of the Natural Curiosities of Arkansas," an inspection of the North Carolina pineries, including "a Yankee sawmill and settlement," and the dedication of Antietam cemetery in October 1867.
Oak was present in the vast stands of large white and red pine that comprised the presettlement pineries of central Michigan (Whitney 1986).