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NUT PINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nut pine" is a kind of...):

pinon; pinyon (any of several low-growing pines of western North America)

Meronyms (parts of "nut pine"):

pignolia; pine nut; pinon nut (edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nut pine"):

Mexican nut pine; pinon pine; Pinus cembroides (a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas)

Pinus edulis; Rocky mountain pinon (small compact two-needled pinon of southwestern United States; important as a nut pine)

Pinus monophylla; single-leaf; single-leaf pine; single-leaf pinyon (pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems; important as a nut pine)

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