noun
- Plural of pinery; greenhouses or hothouses where pineapples are grown.
- Plural of pinery; areas or plantations where pineapple plants are cultivated.
Usage: Chiefly British and historical; Often refers to specialized agricultural structures from the 18th–19th centuries
Usage: Tropical and subtropical agriculture
Examples
- The estate's pineries were famous throughout England for producing exotic fruit.
- Victorian gardeners took great pride in maintaining their pineries at the correct temperature.
- The pineries of Hawaii supply much of the world's pineapple crop.
- Wealthy landowners invested heavily in pineries during the 18th century.
- Modern pineries use advanced climate control to optimize pineapple growth.