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‖ piñon|pɪˈnjɒn, ˈpɪnjən|
Also pinion, (pinon), pinone, pinyon.
[Sp. (piˈɲon): etymologically the same as pignon1, q.v.]
One of a group of small pines native to southwestern North America, esp. Pinus edulis, P. monophylla, and P. quadrifolia, which yield edible seeds; also, the nuts or the wood produced by these trees. Also attrib. See also pinion n.5
α1839Z. Leonard Narr. Adventures 35/1 Its top is covered with the pinone tree. 1839J. Forbes Pinetum Woburnense 49 This [sc. Pinus Llaveana] is the only Mexican species that bears edible fruit, and is called in that country ‘piñones’. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxvi, Our faces partially screened by the foliage of the piñon trees. 1874Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 333 The only woods worth mentioning are piñon and cedar. 1882C. M. Chase Editor's Run in New Mexico 206 The common fuel is pinon, the best fire-place wood in the world. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 455/1 The background of spruce and piñon. 1936Nature 22 Aug. 315/2 The woods which have been found best for the purpose of the investigation [into dendrochronology] are the western yellow pine..and the Douglas fir.., while the next best is the pinyon (Pinus edulis). 1945Antiquity XIX. 219 Vegetable foods of which there is evidence include maize, kidney beans and pinyon nuts. 1946D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist iii. 37 Up there the Piutes were feasting on piñon nuts and mountain sheep. 1955J. Hawkes Journey down Rainbow i. 10 The surface of the desert..is.. often..boldly spotted with the compact, dark shapes of pinyon and juniper. 1967N. T. Mirov Genus Pinus iii. 150 Piñons form a well-defined group... Their habitat extends to the southwestern Pacific Coastal Ranges, the Colorado Plateau, and the Mexican Volcanic Plateau. 1972Sci. Amer. May 97/1 The growth of the pinyon pine..is affected more by winter climate. 1973A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 53 Bottles are waterproofed with piñon gum. 1976Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 875/2 Pinyon, pinyon p[ine] nut p[ine]... A source of edible piñon nuts. 1976New Yorker 26 Apr. 125/3 People in that part of the San Luis Valley..gather piñon wood for their fires.
β1860Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 3). Pinion (Span., piñon), a species of pine-tree, growing on the head waters of the Arkansas... Wild turkeys frequent groves of these trees for the sake of their nuts, which are sweet and palatable. 189.H. Tallichet Span. & Mexican Wds. used in Texas, Pinión, a species of pine tree, also the fruit or nuts of the tree... This is the Texas form of Spanish piñon. |