piñon

[ pin-yuh n, peen-yohn, peen-yohn; Spanish pee-nyawn ]

/ ˈpɪn yən, ˈpin yoʊn, pinˈyoʊn; Spanish piˈnyɔn /

noun, plural pi·ñons, Spanish pi·ño·nes [pee-nyaw-nes] /piˈnyɔ nɛs/.

Also pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.

Also called piñon nut. the seed.

Origin of piñon

1825–35, Americanism; < Spanish piñón, derivative of piña pine cone

Words nearby piñon

pièce de résistance, piña, piña cloth, piña colada, piñata, piñon, piñon jay, più, piłsudski, pk, pk.

Example sentences from the Web for pinon

The village and forest of Pinon were captured, and the hamlet of Pargny-Filain.

The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) |Various
Ladue's was an old ranch on the river, around which the town of Pinon had for twenty years been slowly growing.

The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop |Hamlin Garland
They gathered a capful of the pinon cones—the seeds of which Lucien knew how to prepare by parching and pounding.

The Boy Hunters |Captain Mayne Reid
Ay, and you shall have a half peck of pinon nuts for your supper, I promise you.

The Lone Ranche |Captain Mayne Reid

In the spring of one year two old men came up into the Canyon of Pinon Pines.

Good Stories For Great Holidays |Frances Jenkins Olcott

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piñon

noun, plural pi·ñons, Spanish pi·ño·nes [pee-nyaw-nes] /piˈnyɔ nɛs/.

Origin of piñon

Words nearby piñon

Example sentences from the Web for pinon