pinon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several low-growing pines of western North America
    pinyon.

WordNet

Piñ"on noun (Also<
  • Pinon
  • Piñon
)
Etymology
Sp. piñon.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913