Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Anglicized form of
piñon .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
piñon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several low-growing pines of western North America
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Examples
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With an unpredictable monsoon season ahead, Wilmore is watching closely as things such as pinyon-juniper and sagebrush begin to lose their moisture content.
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Puffs of smoke billowed from underneath juniper and pinyon trees as flames licked at the trees.
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Amid the gurgling of pine sap and slow flexing of the trees can be heard a stream of chirps: the calls of pinyon engraver beetles.
Beetle Mania 2010
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Amid the gurgling of pine sap and slow flexing of the trees can be heard a stream of chirps: the calls of pinyon engraver beetles.
Beetle Mania 2010
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He described how he had screwed the speaker into a pinyon pine and listened as the output reverberated up and down the trunk.
Beetle Mania 2010
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Ancient tree rings from pinyon pines have been used as sensitive "listening posts" to determine climate variability and in particular drought.
Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming, Drought and the Grim Reaper Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Ancient tree rings from pinyon pines have been used as sensitive "listening posts" to determine climate variability and in particular drought.
Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming, Drought and the Grim Reaper Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Puffs of smoke billowed from underneath juniper and pinyon trees as flames licked at the trees.
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Ancient tree rings from pinyon pines have been used as sensitive "listening posts" to determine climate variability and in particular drought.
Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming, Drought and the Grim Reaper Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Dunn had inserted microphones into the pinyon pines that surround his home in Santa Fe and recorded a CD of the noises they captured.
Beetle Mania 2010
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