piñon pine

English

Etymology

From Spanish piñón.

Noun

piñon pine (countable and uncountable, plural piñon pines)

(uncountable, countable) Any of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine.
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 5, in Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219:
  
  The sage and thickets of oak and brakes of alder gave place to piñon pine growing out of rocky soil.

Synonyms

(North American pines): piñon, pinon, pinyon

Translations

North American pine producing edible seeds

Panamint: wahappin

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