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pine nut

American  

noun

  • pine nuts
    plural
  1. Also the seed of any of several pine trees, as the piñon, eaten roasted or salted or used in making candy, pastry, etc., after removing the hard seed coat.

  2. pine cone.


pine nut British  

noun

  1. the edible seed of certain pine trees

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of pine nut

before 1000; Middle English; Old English


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Its accompaniments would’ve been better with a firmer fish, in any case: a porridgey koji barley risotto, a muddy-textured carrot purée, wood-fired carrots, pine nut gremolata.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

Costco also recalled its Kirkland Signature Pine Nut Hummus due to a mold issue on the pine nut topping.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2022

The reason for the pine nut puree in an order of black truffle risotto was so Eom can avoid using cheese or cream and offer something for vegans.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2021

Although fish owls mostly nest in tall, dead trees of no commercial value, logging roads allow people such as poachers, illegal loggers, and pine nut collectors access to more remote parts of the forest.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2021

They are delicious eating, being very like the Italian stone pine nut, or pinelli, and they attract the squirrels as much as they do the nutcracker bird.

From Ski-running by Katharine Symonds Furse

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