n.
Variant: or pin · yon
Pronunciation: ' pin- ˌ y ō n, - ˌ yän, -y ə n; pin- ' y ō n
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pi · ñons or pin · yons or pi · ño · nes \ pin- ' y ō -n ē z \
Etymology: American Spanish piñón, from Spanish, pine nut, from piña pinecone, from Latin pinea ― more at PINEAL
Date: 1831
: any of various small pines (as Pinus quadrifolia, P. cembroides, P. edulis, and P. monophylla ) of western No. America with edible seeds also : the edible seed of a piñon