Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pinon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pinon \Pi[~n]"on\, n. [Sp. pi[~n]on.] (Bot.)
(a) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the
tree producing such seeds, as {Pinus Pinea} of
Southern Europe, and {P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis,
and monophylla}, the nut pines of Western North
America.
(b) See {Monkey's puzzle}. [Written also {pignon}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pinon
n : any of several low-growing pines of western North America
[syn: {pinyon}]
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