Meaning of piñon pine | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“The sage and thickets of oak and brakes of alder gave place⟳ to piñon pine growing out of rocky soil.”

“Love⟳ said he liked this place⟳ because he could see⟳ so much from it, and had stopped here many times across the decades, to lean⟳ against a piñon pine and sort⟳ through the country, like⟳ an astronomer with the whole sky above him sorting through the stars.”

“He inhaled deeply, smelling piñon pines and sage.”

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