Definition of Pinon

1. Noun. Any of several low-growing pines of western North America.


Definition of Pinon

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of piñon) ¹

2. Noun. Any of several North American pines that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially ''Pinus edulis''; the nut pine ¹

3. Noun. A pine nut. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pinon

1. a pine tree [n -S or -ES]

Medical Definition of Pinon

1. 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. See Monkey's puzzle. Alternative forms: pignon. Origin: Sp. Pinon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piñon

pinocle
pinocles
pinocyte
pinocytic
pinocytose
pinocytosed
pinocytoses
pinocytosing
pinocytosis
pinocytotic
pinocytotic vesicle
pinocytotically
pinole
pinolenic acid
pinoles
pinon (current term)
pinon nut
pinon pine
pinones
pinons
pinophytes
pinopod
pinopods
pinoresinol reductase
pinosity
pinosome
pinot
pinotage
pinots

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