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pignolia

noun

edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America

• Syn: ↑pine nut, ↑pinon nut

• Hypernyms: ↑edible nut

• Part Holonyms: ↑nut pine, ↑stone pine, ↑umbrella pine, ↑European nut pine, ↑Pinus pinea

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/peen yoh"lee euh/, n.

See pine nut (def. 1).

[1895-1900; It pignol(o) + -ia -IA; cf. L pineus of PINE]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.