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  • noun Plural form of pinyon.

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Examples

  • The stench barreled through the junipers and pinyons and hung in the air for days.

    Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

  • They climbed into mountain ranges—the Carrizos, the Chuskas, and the Lukachukais—up past scrubby pinyons and junipers, until they reached tall cool stands of ponderosa pine.

    Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

  • At a still higher level is a belt of junipers and pinyons.

    American Semidesert and Desert Province (Bailey) 2009

  • Juniper and pinyons, limited to rocky outcrops, are prominent around the Stockton Plateau in western Texas.

    Chihuahuan Semidesert Province (Bailey) 2009

  • This ecotone between temperate forests and the desert represents an ideal habitat for many species of birds; some birds eat the pinyons from pine trees and store them for the winter in underground places, where misplaces or forgotten pine seeds find an ideal habitat to grow.

    Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests 2008

  • Prickly pear and pinyons grow along the track like markers.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • Prickly pear and pinyons grow along the track like markers.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • Prickly pear and pinyons grow along the track like markers.

    Vanishing Acts Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2005

  • Prickly pear and pinyons grow along the track like markers.

    VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005

  • The pinyons died mainly because of an Ips epidemic I am not a big fan of the term decline as it is usually used for trees.

    Bristlecone/Foxtail Site #1: Cirque Peak « Climate Audit 2005

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