noun
- a greenhouse or hothouse where pineapples are grown
- 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.