nut pine

noun

1. piñon ( def 1 ).

nut pine

noun

1. either of two varieties of the pine tree Pinus cembroides, of Mexico, Arizona, and California, having edible nuts

Word History and Origins

Origin of nut pine¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

It is sometimes known as the Nut Pine, for it bears a nut of which the natives are very fond.

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A seed bed, incidentally, is a very necessary protection against rodents in the case of nut pine seed.

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By far the most abundant and interesting of these is the Pinus Fremontiana, 18 or nut pine.

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This is a nut pine forest, the bountiful orchard of the red man.

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The grey nut pine, wide-branched, unwarlike but serviceable, opens the ranks of conifers.

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