piñon
Americannoun
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piñons,
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piñones
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Also called pinyon pine,. Also called nut pine. Also any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
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Also called piñon nut. the seed.
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Etymology
Origin of piñon
1825–35, < Spanish piñón, derivative of piña pine cone
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From lowest elevation to highest, this included ponderosa pine, piñon pine, Englemann spruce, Douglas fir and limber pine.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2023
He then paints them with natural pigments – purple is made of crushed bugs, for example – and varnishes them with the sap of piñon, the stocky pine tree that dots the countryside.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
In the distance, I could make out the silhouette of the Highland Range, crowned with dark piñon and juniper forests.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Indigenous communities in the Southwest discovered and ate piñon nuts from the Pinus edulis tree many years before Europeans arrived, as evidenced by cracked nutshells found at archaeological sites.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
If this is the end, it should be under our piñon tree, with Rápido somewhere in his burrow beneath.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Fewer trees mean less food for the birds, and previous research has shown that the jays will forgo breeding when piñons are scarce.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
But even here the cultivation of maize remained only a small part of a largely hunter-gatherer lifestyle, which included gathering goosefoot and piñons as well as hunting rabbits, bison, and deer.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
But the days of getting hold of enough piñons could be limited for Campanella and other foragers.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
Once the nuts are ready, he adds a palmful of piñons into each bag of coffee, around 6 to 12 piñons per pound.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
It was an enthusiastic crowd, that crunched peanuts and piñons and commented audibly on the pictures.
From Still Jim by Honoré Morrow
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