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    PINYON

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of several low-growing pines of western North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    pinon; pinyon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("pinyon" is a kind of...):

    pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)

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

    nut pine (any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds)

    bishop's pine; bishop pine; Pinus muricata (two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast)

    California single-leaf pinyon; Pinus californiarum (very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle; similar to Parry's pinyon in range)

    Parry's pinyon; Pinus parryana; Pinus quadrifolia (five-needled pinon of southern California and northern Baja California having (sometimes three-needled or four-needled showing hybridization from Pinus californiarum))

    Holonyms ("pinyon" is a member of...):

    genus Pinus; Pinus (type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines)

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