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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New Mexico’s piñon and juniper trees — and chiles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
From lowest elevation to highest, this included ponderosa pine, piñon pine, Englemann spruce, Douglas fir and limber pine.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2023
“Without pinyon jays, we stand to lose iconic Southwestern landscapes, cultures and cuisines intimately tied to piñon pine nuts.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 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
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
Campanella explained that once the piñons are shelled, they get roasted separately from the coffee, since they need to be roasted at a different temperature.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
"Getting a lot of piñons is pretty difficult," said Brandon Campanella of Bosque Coffee Roasters in Los Lunas, New Mexico.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
By noon they were among the piñons, following a dim bridle trail that Cheyenne's horses seemed to know.
From Partners of Chance by Henry Herbert Knibbs
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