piñon pine
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From Spanish piñón.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: piñón