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

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

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

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

A specimen of the nut pine, whose nuts are used for food by the Indians, is only 15 inches in diameter, and yet its life lines show its age to be 369 years.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various

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

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