piñon

[ pin-yuhn, peen-yohn, peen-yohn; Spanish pee-nyawn ]

/ ˈpɪn yən, ˈpin yoʊn, pinˈyoʊn; Spanish piˈnyɔn /

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noun, plural pi·ñons, Spanish pi·ño·nes

[pee-nyaw-nes]. /piˈnyɔ nɛs/.

Also pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.

Also called piñon nut . the seed.

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Origin of piñon

1825–35, Americanism;<Spanish piñón, derivative of piña pine cone

Words nearby piñon

Pinochet Ugarte, pinochle, pinocytose, pinocytosis, pinole, piñon, pin one's heart on, pin one's hopes on, piñon jay, Pinot, Pinotage

How to use piñon in a sentence

Then he said, "I will bring the gum of the pinon and set fire to that."
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest|Katharine Berry Judson
He went out to where there is many pinon and cedar trees and he gathered much pinon gum.
The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi|Hattie Greene Lockett
Summer resident; not infrequent; breeds in pinon hills near Cañon City.
Birds of the Rockies|Leander Sylvester Keyser
The uneasiness I had hitherto felt arose from an expression which Seguin had dropped at the Pinon spring.
The Scalp Hunters|Mayne Reid

All the settlers on the Willow are hurrying their women and children down towards Pinon City.
The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop|Hamlin Garland

Other Idioms and Phrases with piñon

pin on

Attribute to someone, especially a wrongdoing or crime. For example, They pinned the murder on the wrong man. This expression uses pin in the sense of “attach.” [First half of 1900s]