nut pine

nut pine

n.

See piñon.

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nut pine

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) either of two varieties of the pine tree Pinus cembroides, of Mexico, Arizona, and California, having edible nuts

Thesaurus

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