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单词 piñon
释义

piñon

/pɪˈnjɒn / /ˈpɪnjəʊn /
(also pinyon or piñon pine)
noun
1A small pine tree with edible seeds, native to Mexico and the south-western US.
  • Pinus cemebroides, family Pinaceae.
They stopped for a late lunch on the banks of a trickle of river a few miles farther south, eating their sandwiches and drinking Orange Nehi in the shade of a piñon pine....
  • The gravel road wound through stands of piñon pine and gray oak.
  • Lying at 3,600 to 4,200 feet, Agua Caliente Canyon harbors mostly desert grassland and isolated stands of oak, while pinyon pine and alligator juniper are scattered on the surrounding dry, rocky slopes.
1.1 (also piñon nut) A pine nut obtained from the piñon.However, the pine nut trees of N. America are important too; the most important are Pinus edulis, P. monophylla, and the Mexican pinyon, P. cembroides....
  • The loss of desert habitat is of special concern to local tribes who ‘gather pinyon nuts from the canyons for food and collect herbs indigenous only to [Cedar Mesa] for traditional medicines and blessing rituals.’

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Spanish, from Latin pinea 'pine cone'.

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