Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The edible seed of certain pines, such as the piñon.
Wiktionary
- n. The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra and Pinus cembroides.
WordNet 3.0
- n. edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America
Etymologies
- From pine + nut (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Interestingly, there is a long history of people in Siberia munching on pine nuts or taking a tablespoon of pine nut oil to suppress their hunger when food becomes scarce.”
“Introducing pine nut oil into your diet is easy enough—a tablespoon of pine nuts contains only about 60 calories and makes an easy snack on its own, or it can be mixed into yogurt, cottage cheese, or pasta.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pine nut’.
-
Hummus
Ingredients, variations, folklore, things (and people) to eat it with, etc.
hommus, tahini, lemon juice, sweet paprika, hummus, celery stick, mushroom, bagel, ruzuzu, salt, olive, garlic and 41 more...
-
Aw, Nuts
What it says. Including the ones that aren't really nuts, like peanuts and almonds.
walnut, chestnut, pecan, cashew, peanut, brazil nut, pistachio, hazelnut, almond, coconut, macademia, filbert and 22 more...
-
Nuts to You!
Although some of these are, technically, seeds or legumes or kernels, they're all nuts to me. ;P
pistachio, macadamia, peanut, cashew, almond, walnut, brazil, pecan, chestnut, hazelnut, pine nut
-
nuts
peanut, hazelnut, cashew nut, macadamia nut, pine nut, pistachio nut, red pistachio nut, all natural white...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pine nut.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.