Pinon

Pin´on

n.

1.

(Bot.) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and Pinus Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pinon - any of several low-growing pines of western North America pinyon genus Pinus, Pinus - type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree nut pine - any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds bishop pine, bishop's pine, Pinus muricata - two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast California 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 range Parry'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)