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PINYON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several low-growing pines of western North America
Synonyms:
pinon; pinyon
Classified under:
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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