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pi⋅ñon

[pin-yuhn, peen-yohn, peen-yohn; Sp. pee-nyawn]
–noun, plural pi⋅ñons, Spanish. pi⋅ño⋅nes [pee-nyaw-nes] .
1. 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.
2. Also called piñon nut. the seed.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; < Sp piñón, deriv. of piña pine cone
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pinon nut

noun
edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America [syn: pine nut
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