pinon pine
- noun
- /ˈpɪn.jɒn paɪn/
- US
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pino piñonero
- During the hike, we encountered a large grove of pinon pines that were filled with their delicious seeds.
- pinon pine and juniper
Examples
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The warm aroma of roasted pinon pine nuts filled the kitchen as she prepared the dish.
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Some pinon pines in this system resemble bonsai because massive outbreaks of moths attack stem tips and "prune" the trees.
Academic text (2001) -
The pinon pine trees dot the landscape, providing shelter and food for many animals.
Synonyms
1
9.1
A small pine tree that makes edible seeds called pine nuts
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7.7
A small pine tree with short needles that makes edible seeds
A small pine tree from Mexico and southern Texas that makes edible seeds called pinyon nuts
A small pine tree from Mexico and southern Texas with edible seeds and short needles
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Surface Forms
Morphology
pinon + pine
This is a straightforward noun–noun compound where 'pinon' specifies a particular kind of 'pine', so the meaning 'a pine of the pinon type (producing edible seeds)' is directly compositional and predictable from the parts. Noun-modifier species names are a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Pinon pine comes from the Spanish word 'piñón', the name for the tree's small edible 'pine nuts'. The parts pinon and pine show that this is the kind of pine tree that makes those nuts, so the name tells you its main feature.