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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to, suggestive of, or abounding in pines.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to, of the nature of, consisting of, or covered with pines.
  • noun A dialectal form of peony.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Abounding with pines.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or having many pines

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Examples

  • i liike to use natural scents from the areas where i hunt, for example in piny areas i use pine scent, though i dont use too much. im not a fan of usin urine much cause its too expensive, while you can usly make some for free

    masking scent 2009

  • i liike to use natural scents from the areas where i hunt, for example in piny areas i use pine scent, though i dont use too much. im not a fan of usin urine much cause its too expensive, while you can usly make some for free

    masking scent 2009

  • The fresh, brown "piny" heads are brooded over with a motherly care; wormwood roots are loosened, and the horse-radish plant is given a thrifty touch.

    Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902

  • The fresh, brown "piny" heads are brooded over with a motherly care; wormwood roots are loosened, and the horse-radish plant is given a thrifty touch.

    Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902

  • "piny" of mother's garden was a thing of the past, and that here in its stead we had a glorious and beautiful flower.

    Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Various

  • One guest chef brought in smoked trout that was wrapped around spruce branches, so it had this piny flavor — that was really delicious.

    Cyclist-approved Fourth of July recipes 2009

  • Ruined castles hanging on the precipices of piny mountains; the impetuous Arve, and cottages every here and there peeping forth from among the trees, formed a scene of singular beauty.

    Chapter 9 2010

  • Switzerland; but every thing is on a lower scale, and the green hills want the crown of distant white Alps, which always attend on the piny mountains of my native country.

    Chapter 19 2010

  • The country in the neighbourhood of this village resembled, to a greater degree, the scenery of Switzerland; but everything is on a lower scale, and the green hills want the crown of distant white Alps, which always attend on the piny mountains of my native country.

    Chapter 2 2010

  • We took fronds of pine and wove them between the logs to create a nice piny, slanted roof.

    Esther Dyson: Flight School: "Marshy and forested terrain - night 1 2009

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