| NOUN | plant | pinon, pinyon | any of several low-growing pines of western North America |
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| Meaning | Any of several low-growing pines of western North America. | |
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| Synonym | pinyon | |
| Member of | Pinus, genus Pinus | type genus of the Pinaceae |
| Narrower | California single-leaf pinyon, Pinus californiarum | Very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle |
| Parry's pinyon, Pinus quadrifolia, Pinus parryana | five-needled pinon of southern California and northern Baja California having (sometimes three-needled or four-needled showing hybridization from Pinus californiarum) | |
| bishop pine, bishop's pine, Pinus muricata | two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast | |
| nut pine | Any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds | |
| Broader | pine, pine tree, true pine | A coniferous tree |
| Catalan | pinon | |
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