nut pine

/nət paɪn/

Other forms: nut pines

Definitions of nut pine

1. noun

   any of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds
   types:

   Mexican nut pine, Pinus cembroides, pinon pine

   a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas

   Pinus edulis, Rocky mountain pinon

   small compact two-needled pinon of southwestern United States; important as a nut pine

   Pinus monophylla, single-leaf, single-leaf pine, single-leaf pinyon

   pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems; important as a nut pine

   type of:

   pinon, pinyon

   any of several low-growing pines of western North America