nut pine

American  

noun

1. piñon.

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nut pine British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of nut pine

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

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

From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John

The Spanish name for the one-leaved, nut pine.

From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter

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

From Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin by Weschcke, Carl

The Nevada slope of the mountains below 7500 ft. is covered with the nut pine down to the sage plains.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

The foliage is of the same peculiar gray-green color as that of the nut pine, and is worn about as loosely, so that the body of the tree is scarcely obscured by it.

From The Yosemite by Muir, John