Piney

Piney is a term used in English with several related senses. As an adjective, it denotes anything associated with pine trees (genus Pinus), including pine forests, pine wood, and pine resin, and is often used to describe scents or flavors described as piney—sharp, resinous, or resin-bearing. In botany and forestry contexts, the word helps distinguish pine-derived materials from those of other trees.

As a noun or demonym, piney can refer to a person from a pine-dominated region, particularly the Piney Woods of the southern United States. The Piney Woods traditionally encompasses parts of East Texas and western Louisiana, extending into neighboring areas, and the term appears in regional literature, tourism materials, and local speech to describe residents or things associated with that landscape.

Piney is generally informal and regional in usage. It may also function as a nickname or endearment in casual speech, especially for people with connections to pine country. The term remains versatile across contexts, with core associations to pine trees, pine forests, and pine-derived products and culture.