Pinon Definition

pēnyän, pinyän; pēnyōn, pinyōn, pēnyən, pinyən
pinon, pinons, pinyons
noun
Webster's New World
Any of several pine trees of northern Mexico and the southwest United States that bear edible, nutlike seeds, especially Pinus edulis.
American Heritage
An edible seed of any of these trees.
American Heritage
(countable, uncountable) A pine nut.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Pinon

Noun

Singular:
pinon
Plural:
pinons

Origin of Pinon

  • Spanish piñón pine nut, pine cone augmentative of piña from Latin pīnea from feminine of pīneus of pine from pīnus pine tree peiə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish piñón.

    From Wiktionary

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