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单词 pinyon
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pinyonn.

Brit. /piːˈnjɒn/, /ˈpɪnjən/, U.S. /pinˈjɑn/, /ˈpɪnjən/
Forms: 1500s 1800s– pinion, 1800s pinión, 1800s– pinyon.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish piñon.
Etymology: < Spanish piñon piñon n. Compare pignon n.1
1. An edible seed from the cones of the stone pine, Pinus pinea, of southern Europe. Also: the purgative seed of the physic nut, Jatropha curcas, which supposedly resembles it. See pignon n.1 1, 2. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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