This tree is called by the Mexicans "pinon," and also by travellers the "nut-pine.". From Wordnik.com. [The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness] Reference
Known locally as "pinon," jatropha is a hearty shrub that grows with no special care. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
A huge butterscotch pinon in the middle of this little grove. From Wordnik.com. [Hiking Big Tesuque and Mama Tree] Reference
The mesa top was thick with dense forests of juniper and pinon. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Authority]
The pinon flourishes on the bleak and barren peaks of the Rockies. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922] Reference
Where the sage and pinon grow cho: Blue Mountain, you're azure deep. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Mountain] Reference
Then he said, "I will bring the gum of the pinon and set fire to that.". From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
A lot was apparently pinon- juniper too during and immediately after glaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Dust in the Desert] Reference
Now the camp was surrounded by pinon brush and a large fire was burning in the centre. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
The wind hummed and paused, whistled and stilled through the canyon and the pinon and the junipers. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Authority]
The landscape is amazing as well with fertile valleys next to the Rio Grande and mesas and hills dotted with pinon trees. From Wordnik.com. [Putting things together and old beat up trucks] Reference
The gods carry in their right hands a rattle, and in their left sprigs of pinon; the goddesses carry pinon sprigs in both hands. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
And, yes, no doubt pinon nuts would be an unexpected staple for Moi, but I've got basil growing out the gazoo and pesto is easy!. From Wordnik.com. [MANURE POETICS] Reference
There is a similar clear quality to the light, and of course the terrain looks similar, with olive trees substituting for pinon. From Wordnik.com. [Sky Glow] Reference
About a week later, Santa Clara was reached by the worn and jaded party, sustained the last few days on a diet mainly of pinon nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert] Reference
At last the bird gathered gum from a pinon tree and rolled it between his hands and put it in Coyote's eye holes, so that he could see. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
Free permits for pinon trees also will be available. From Wordnik.com. [ABQnews Seeker Front Page] Reference
Goddess willing, it will give me pinon nuts in season. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Here cedar and pinon trees take the place of the taller pines. From Wordnik.com. [Arizona Sketches] Reference
Yet he still lay along the pinon limb, every sense on the alert. From Wordnik.com. [The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail] Reference
Summer resident; not infrequent; breeds in pinon hills near Cañon City. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Rockies] Reference
His feet touched the ground, his arms still being about the pinon trunk. From Wordnik.com. [The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail] Reference
To his delight he found himself amid the spreading branches of a pinon tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail] Reference
Ay, and you shall have a half peck of pinon nuts for your supper, I promise you. From Wordnik.com. [The Lone Ranche] Reference
They commenced by cutting down some pinon-trees that grew by the foot of the cliff. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Hunters] Reference
He went out to where there is many pinon and cedar trees and he gathered much pinon gum. From Wordnik.com. [The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi] Reference
A mile farther on, the ripped punk of a dead pinon betrayed the passing of the fugitives. From Wordnik.com. [The Freebooters of the Wilderness] Reference
Looking out my window at the pine and the pinon trees and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. From Wordnik.com. [I Gallop On] Reference
The most abundant food of this nature is derived from the sunflower and the nuts of the pinon. From Wordnik.com. [Canyons of the Colorado] Reference
We had eaten nearly the whole of our provisions, and were now chewing the raw nuts of the pinon. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
I thought some of the valley realtors might need a clarification in the use of pinon and pinion. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
This is the Central Arizona Highlands, a pinon-juniper forest breaking to prairie of blue gramma and bear grass. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Goa plans mega tourism circuits with Maharashtra, Karnataka] Reference
We were lying with our bodies behind the rocks, and our faces partially screened by the foliage of the pinon trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
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