PINON

[pi.non] or pin.yon n, pl pi.nons or pin.yons or pi.no.nes [AmerSp pinon, fr. Sp, pine nut, fr. pina pinecone, fr. L pinea--more at pineal] (1831): any of various low-growing pines (as Pinus quadrifolia, P. cembroides, P. edulis, and P. monophylla) of western No. America with edible seeds; also: the edible seed of a pinon