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pinon

pinon is the alternative spelling of piñon.

Meaning of piñon

Noun

piñon (countable and uncountable, plural piñons or piñones)

  1. Any of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine.
    • They planted a few piñons.
    Synonyms:
    piñon pine
  2. A pine nut.

Proper noun capitalized: Pinon

Pinon (plural Pinons)

  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.

Forms of pinon

Noun
pluralpinons
pluralpinones
Proper noun
pluralPinons

Questions about pinon

What does pinon mean?
Pinon means a surname.
What is pinon the alternative spelling of?
Pinon is the alternative spelling of piñon.
What part of speech is pinon?
Pinon is a proper noun.

Words near pinon in the dictionary

  1. pinolcaine
  2. pinole
  3. pinolenic acid
  4. pinoles
  5. pinolillo
  6. pinon
  7. pinones
  8. pinons
  9. pinophyte
  10. pinophytes
  11. pinopod

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinon (page history and authors); Pinon (page history and authors); piñon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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