pin·yon (p n y n , -y n)n. Variant of piñon. |
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| Noun | 1. |  pinyon - any of several low-growing pines of western North Americagenus Pinus, Pinus - type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines 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) |
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