variants
or pinyon
plural piñons or pinyons or piñones
pin-ˈyō-nēz 
: any of various small pines (such as Pinus quadrifolia, P. cembroides, P. edulis, and P. monophylla) of western North America with edible seeds
also
: the edible seed of a piñon
Examples of piñon in a Sentence
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Finley split pinon kindling burns in fire pits across the property.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Stargazing here engages all the senses: Listen for hoots and howls from the owls and coyotes that call the park home and take in the scents of pinon pines and juniper on summer nights.
—Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 25 June 2024
However, elk also thrive in lower-elevation landscapes, especially in the West, where prairie grasses provide year-round sustenance and dense pockets of cedar and pinon give elk enough cover.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2024
The listing requires that state and federal agencies manage threats to the daisy and its primary domain high on Conglomerate Mesa, a 22,500-acre chunk of pinon pines, rock spires and limestone located about 10 miles southeast of Lone Pine, a town in the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
In addition to new safety advances, and new technology such as independent rear suspension, rack and pinon steering and larger brakes, the car features some universal parts that are single sourced.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
There are open areas of prairie-like landscape, big hills covered with pinon and cedar trees and deep canyons.
—Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life, 23 Dec. 2020
New Mexico Glorieta Mesa: An effort to trim the density of pinon and juniper trees near Canoncito is drawing criticism from some residents.
—USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2020
Dine Nez was a shepherd on the high mesa of the reservation near Jones Ranch, where rolling hills of pinon, ponderosa, juniper and oak are divided by lush meadows and deep canyons.
—Betty Reid, azcentral, 29 Aug. 2019
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Stargazing here engages all the senses: Listen for hoots and howls from the owls and coyotes that call the park home and take in the scents of pinon pines and juniper on summer nights.
—Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 25 June 2024
However, elk also thrive in lower-elevation landscapes, especially in the West, where prairie grasses provide year-round sustenance and dense pockets of cedar and pinon give elk enough cover.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2024
The listing requires that state and federal agencies manage threats to the daisy and its primary domain high on Conglomerate Mesa, a 22,500-acre chunk of pinon pines, rock spires and limestone located about 10 miles southeast of Lone Pine, a town in the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
In addition to new safety advances, and new technology such as independent rear suspension, rack and pinon steering and larger brakes, the car features some universal parts that are single sourced.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
There are open areas of prairie-like landscape, big hills covered with pinon and cedar trees and deep canyons.
—Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life, 23 Dec. 2020
New Mexico Glorieta Mesa: An effort to trim the density of pinon and juniper trees near Canoncito is drawing criticism from some residents.
—USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2020
Dine Nez was a shepherd on the high mesa of the reservation near Jones Ranch, where rolling hills of pinon, ponderosa, juniper and oak are divided by lush meadows and deep canyons.
—Betty Reid, azcentral, 29 Aug. 2019
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“Piñon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pi%C3%B1on. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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piñon
noun
pi·ñon
plural piñons or pinyons or piñones
pin-ˈyō-nēz
: any of various small pines of western North America with edible seeds
also
: the edible seed of a piñon
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