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单词 pignon
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pignonn.1

Brit. /ˈpiːnjɒn/, U.S. /ˈpinˌjɑn/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pignon.
Etymology: < Middle French, French pignon a pine nut (c1350) < Old Occitan pinhon a pine nut < pinha pine cone ( < classical Latin pīnea pine cone: see pine n.2) + -on , diminutive suffix (compare -oon suffix). Compare Old Occitan pinho , pinhon (second half of the 13th cent.; Occitan pinhon ), Catalan pinyó (1249), Spanish piñon (c1330), Portuguese pinhão (15th cent.; compare note). Compare pinhoen n., piñon n., and pinyon n.In sense 2 after Portuguese pinhão (1590 in this sense in the passage translated in quot. 1604 at sense 2).
1. An edible seed from the cones of certain pine trees, esp. the stone pine, Pinus pinea, of southern Europe; a pine nut.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > pine-seeds
pine nuteOE
pines1327
pineapple kernela1398
pineapple seed?1440
pignon1526
neoza1832
pinyon1846
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > other edible seeds > pine-seeds
pine nuteOE
pines1327
pineapple kernela1398
pineapple seed?1440
pignon1526
pineapple1560
pinyon1577
pine kernel1598
neoza1832
piñon1834
pignoli1841
cembra nut1842
pinyon1846
cedar-nut1863
pignolia1891
Indian nut1922
pit1947
1526 Grete Herball ccclxxxix. sig. Xv/1 At the rote be two thynges as ballokes that be good in medycyns, whan they be grene they be confyct with hony, and aydeth lechery, but better it is to confict them with dates, pignons and hony.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxx. 292 There are great pine trees in New Spaine, though..they beare no pignons or kernells, but empty apples.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Pignon, or Pinone, the edible seed of the cones of various pines, as those of Pinus Pinea,..eaten in Italy.
1879 Sunday Mag. 181/1 The dealer will tell you that this is the Pignon or Pinyon Nut.
1957 M. Hadfield Brit. Trees 82 The timber [of the stone pine] is inferior... The seeds, known as pignons, pine-kernels, and pinocchi, are, however, of considerable value as food, either raw or roasted.
1985 J. M. Auel Mammoth Hunters xiv. 217 They did supplement the travelling food Nezzie had given them with the oily rich and nutritious pignon seeds from the cones of stone pines.
2000 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Apr. 17 About three-quarters of an inch long, and the inside delectable to eat. Sold as pine kernels here or pignons.
2. The purgative seed of the physic nut, Jatropha curcas, of tropical America. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific fruits or nuts
laurel-bayc1450
tamarind1539
laurel-berry1561
pignon1604
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxix. 289 There are a thousand of these simples fit to purge, as..pignons of Punua..and many other things.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pignonn.2

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pignon.
Etymology: < French pignon (see pinion n.1). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (pinyoṅ) /piɲɔ̃/.
Architecture. Obsolete. rare.
A gable. Cf. pinion n.1
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > gable
gable1371
gable fork1371
piniona1400
gable end1596
festier1601
eagle1682
pignon1875
step-gable1921
1875 F. I. Scudamore Day Dreams 38 Rich in houses with gables and pignons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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