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piñon
piñona pine bearing edible seeds; a type of pine nut
Not to be confused with:pinion – the outer part of a bird’s wing; a small toothed gear engaging with a larger onepi·ñon also pin·yon P0318400 (pĭn′yōn′, -yən)n. pl. pi·ñons or pi·ño·nes (pĭn-yō′nēz) also pin·yons 1. Any of several pine trees of northern Mexico and the southwest United States that bear edible, nutlike seeds, especially Pinus edulis. Also called piñon pine.2. An edible seed of any of these trees.
[Spanish piñón, pine nut, pine cone, augmentative of piña, from Latin pīnea, from feminine of pīneus, of pine, from pīnus, pine tree; see peiə- in Indo-European roots.]piñon or pinyonn (Plants) a type of low-growing N American pine tree, esp Pinus edulis, that produces a small edible nutpi•ñon or pin•yon (ˈpɪn yən, ˈpin yoʊn, pinˈyoʊn)
n., pl. pi•ñons, pi•ño•nes (piˈnyɔ nɛs) , or pin•yons. 1. any of several pines of SW North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible nutlike seeds. 2. Also called pi′ñon nut`. the seed. [1825–35, Amer.; < Sp piñón, derivative of piña pine cone] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. pinon - any of several low-growing pines of western North Americapinyongenus Pinus, Pinus - type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pinespine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous treenut pine - any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seedsbishop pine, bishop's pine, Pinus muricata - two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coastCalifornia single-leaf pinyon, Pinus californiarum - very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle; similar to Parry's pinyon in rangeParry's pinyon, Pinus parryana, Pinus quadrifolia - five-needled pinon of southern California and northern Baja California having (sometimes three-needled or four-needled showing hybridization from Pinus californiarum) |
piñon
Pinon (pī`nŏn), in the Bible, one of the dukes of Edom.
piñon: see pine nutpine nut
or piñon
, edible seed of various species of pine trees. Among the North American species that bear such edible seeds are the nut pines or piñons, Pinus edulis and P. monophylla, and the Digger pine, P.
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