[pin-yuh
n, peen-yohn, peen-yohn; Sp. pee-nyawn] 
| nut pine n. See piñon. |
| pi·ñon also pin·yon (pĭn'yōn', -yən) n. pl. pi·ñons or pi·ño·nes (pĭn-yō'nēz) also pin·yons Any of several pine trees bearing edible, nutlike seeds, especially Pinus edulis, of the western United States and Mexico. Also called nut pine. [Spanish piñón, pine nut, pine cone, augmentative of piña, from Latin pīnea, from feminine of pīneus, of pine, from pīnus, pine tree; see peiə- in Indo-European roots.] |