piñon
Americannoun
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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
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
When the piñon crop is good, jays start the morning by eating seeds.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
The scientists studied data compiled over decades by hundreds of other researchers, who extracted wood cores by boring into long-lived trees such as Douglas firs, piñon pines, ponderosa pines and blue oaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
I close my eyes, imagining my hand in Lita’s, piñon smoke drifting into the New Mexico sky.
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
"The crop is less than what it used to be, as far as how many piñons are on each tree."
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
But the days of getting hold of enough piñons could be limited for Campanella and other foragers.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
Down slopes, among rocks, under piñons, around yellow walls, along slides, the two big men followed me with heavy steps.
From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane
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