Defn: A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.
PINEY
Pin"ey, a.
Defn: See Piny.
PINEY
Pin"ey, a. Etym: [Of East Indian origin.]
Defn: 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 (Atractylis gummifera), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes.
PIN-EYED
Pin"-eyed`, a. (Bot.)
Defn: 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 Ant: thrum-eyed.
PINFEATHER
Pin"feath`er, n.
Defn: A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin.
PINFEATHERED
Pin"feath`ered, a.