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pinyon

pinyon 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.

Forms of pinyon

pluralpinyons
pluralpinyones

Words formed from pinyon

Phrases with pinyon

Questions about pinyon

What is pinyon the alternative spelling of?
Pinyon is the alternative spelling of piñon.

Words near pinyon in the dictionary

  1. pinyinized
  2. pinyinizes
  3. pinyinizing
  4. pinylamine
  5. Pinyoca
  6. pinyon
  7. pinyon jay
  8. pinyon jays
  9. pinyon nut
  10. pinyon nuts
  11. pinyones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinyon (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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