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NUT PINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds
Classified under:
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)