pinyon (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *pinyon*:
NOUN	plant	pinyon, pinon	any of several low-growing pines of western North America

English > *pinyon*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several low-growing pines of western North America.
Synonym	pinon
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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