单词 | pinyon |
释义 | pinyonn.ΚΠ 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes i. f. 22 Thei doe bryng from the newe Spaine certaine Pinions or Carnelles wherwith thei Indians did pourge themselues, they bee like to our Pinions, the whiche doe grow out of our trees. 2. = piñon n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > pine-seeds pine nuteOE pines1327 pineapple kernela1398 pineapple seed?1440 pignon1526 neoza1832 pinyon1846 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > other edible seeds > pine-seeds pine nuteOE pines1327 pineapple kernela1398 pineapple seed?1440 pignon1526 pineapple1560 pinyon1577 pine kernel1598 neoza1832 piñon1834 pignoli1841 cembra nut1842 pinyon1846 cedar-nut1863 pignolia1891 Indian nut1922 pit1947 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > other edible seeds > pine-seeds > pine-trees bearing edible seeds stone-pine1759 cembra pine1785 neoza1832 piñon1839 pinyon1846 parasol pine1864 arolla1881 1831 J. O. Pattie Personal Narr. Exped. from St. Louis 43 A nut..which grows on a tree resembling the pine, called by the Spanish, pinion.] 1846 R. B. Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. xxi. 172 The hills enclosing the valley..are high and precipitous,—affording numerous groves of pine, pinion and cedar. 1879 Sunday Mag. 181/1 The dealer will tell you that this is the Pignon or Pinyon Nut. ?c1895 H. Tallichet Span. & Mexican Words used in Texas 193 Pinión, a species of pine tree, also the fruit or nuts of the tree... This is the Texas form of Spanish piñon. 1936 Nature 22 Aug. 315/2 The woods which have been found best for the purpose of the investigation [into dendrochronology] are the western yellow pine..and the Douglas fir.., while the next best is the pinyon (Pinus edulis). 1970 People (Austral.) 26 Aug. 44/4 Pinion nuts from the cones of introduced pines are a tasty novelty. 2003 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 15 Sept. a1 The wind drove the flames from scrubby pinion pine and juniper onto steep slopes of highly combustible Gambel oak. Compounds pinyon jay n. a blue jay of western North America, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus, which has a relatively long bill and short tail; cf. piñon jay n. at piñon n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1923 W. L. Dawson Birds of Calif. I. 29 The range of the Pinyon Jay is normally coextensive with that of the pinyon..plus that of the juniper. 1992 New Scientist 27 June 45/2 (caption) The Pinyon jay evolved with its perch, the pinyon pine. pinyon ricegrass n. a tufted perennial grass with erect stems and narrow leaves, Piptochaetium fimbriatum, found in piñon and juniper woodland in northern Mexico and the south-western United States. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > North American salt grass1704 wiregrass1751 Indian grass1765 buffalo grass1784 blue-eyed grass1785 mountain rice1790 nimble Will1816 yard-grass1822 mesquite1831 poverty-grass1832 tickle-moth1833 bunch-grass1837 naked-beard grass1848 needle grass1848 Means grass1858 toothache-grass1860 Johnson grass1873 Indian rice grass1893 nigger babies1897 St. Augustine grass1905 pinyon ricegrass1935 1935 A. S. Hitchcock Man. Grasses 423 Pinyon Ricegrass... Culms densely tufted, erect, slender, 40 to 80 cm tall. 1973 R. H. Wauer Birds of Big Bend National Park 26 Grasses that include Pinyon Ricegrass. 2003 Southwestern Naturalist 48 231 Preferred Gould's turkey habitat consisted of pinyon-juniper woodland with an abundance of pinyon ricegrass (Piptochaetium fimbriatum). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577 |
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