1. a greenhouse or hothouse where pineapples are grown
2. a plantation where pineapples are cultivated
Usage: chiefly British

Examples

• The estate maintained a large pinery to supply fresh pineapples year-round.
• Victorian gardeners took great pride in their pineries, which required careful temperature control.
• The pinery produced some of the finest tropical fruit in the region.
• She worked in the pinery, tending to the delicate pineapple plants.
• The old pinery still stands on the grounds of the historic manor house.