piñon

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One of several nut-pines of the Rocky Mountain region, as Pinus Parryana, P. edulis, and P. monophylla; also, a seed of one of these trees.
2. n. In Mexico, the edible seed of Pinus cembroides.

Wiktionary

1. n. uncountable, countable Any of several North American pines that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine.
2. n. countable, uncountable A pine nut.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. 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.
2. n. See monkey's puzzle.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any of several low-growing pines of western North America