Pinenchyma
(||Pi*nen"chy*ma) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a tablet + -enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.) Tabular
parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.
Pinery
(Pin"er*y) n.; pl. Pineries
1. A pine forest; a grove of pines.
2. A hothouse in which pineapples are grown.
Pinesap
(Pine"sap`) n. (Bot.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly
thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
Pinetum
(||Pi*ne"tum) n. [L., a pine grove.] A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine
trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes.
Pineweed
(Pine"weed`) n. (Bot.) A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb common in sandy soil in the Eastern
United States.
Piney
(Pin"ey) a. See Piny.
Piney
(Pin"ey), a. [Of East Indian origin.] A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria
Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeæ, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.
Piney dammar, Piney resin, Piney varnish, a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes
from the piney tree (Vateria Indica) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as
a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also liquid copal, and white dammar. — Piney tallow,
a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the Vateria Indica; called
also dupada oil. — Piney thistle (Bot.), a plant from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy
substance exudes.
Pin-eyed
(Pin"-eyed`) a. (Bot.) Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while
the stamens are concealed in the tube; — said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed.
Pinfeather
(Pin"feath`er) n. A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through
the skin.
