noun
definition
An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
example
The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.
Examples of barrens in a Sentence
On the summits of the Adirondacks are a few alpine species, such as reindeer moss and other lichens; on the shores of Long Island, Staten Island and Westchester county are a number of maritime species; and on Long Island are several species especially characteristic of the pine barrens of New Jersey.
Between these extremes were the small farmers of the" Barrens" 2 in Kentucky and of the Piedmont Region in Virginia.
Providence is known as the "pine barrens," from the tree which principally grows in this rocky soil.
The eastern and larger part of the state belongs to the coastal plain, in great part low and swampy, with large areas of sand barrens, and broken by isolated groups and ranges of hills.