piny

piny
/puy"nee/, adj., pinier, piniest.
1. abounding in or covered with pine trees: piny hillsides.
2. pertaining to or suggestive of pine trees: a piny fragrance.
Also, piney.
[1620-30; PINE1 + -Y1]

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