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nut pine

nut pine

noun

  1. either of two varieties of the pine tree Pinus cembroides, of Mexico, Arizona, and California, having edible nuts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nut pine1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

It is sometimes known as the Nut Pine, for it bears a nut of which the natives are very fond.

A seed bed, incidentally, is a very necessary protection against rodents in the case of nut pine seed.

By far the most abundant and interesting of these is the Pinus Fremontiana, 18 or nut pine.

This is a nut pine forest, the bountiful orchard of the red man.

The grey nut pine, wide-branched, unwarlike but serviceable, opens the ranks of conifers.

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