nut pine

nut pine

n.

A pine bearing edible seeds, such as a piñon.

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nut pine

n

(Plants) either of two varieties of the pine tree Pinus cembroides, of Mexico, Arizona, and California, having edible nuts

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pi•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]

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Noun

1.

nut pine - any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds pignolia, pine nut, pinon nut - edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America pinon, pinyon - any of several low-growing pines of western North America Mexican nut pine, pinon pine, Pinus cembroides - a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas Pinus edulis, Rocky mountain pinon - small compact two-needled pinon of southwestern United States; important as a nut pine Pinus monophylla, single-leaf, single-leaf pine, single-leaf pinyon - pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems; important as a nut pine

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