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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds;
[syn: stone pine, umbrella pine, European nut pine, Pinus pinea]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pinon \Pi[~n]"on\, n. [Sp. pi[~n]on.] (Bot.) (a) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and Pinus Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America. (b) See Monkey's puzzle. [Written also pignon.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pinus pinea n 1: medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds [syn: stone pine, umbrella pine, European nut pine, Pinus pinea]