pi&ntilde%on

n. [ Sp. piñon. ] (Bot.) (a) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and Pinus Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America. (b) See Monkey's puzzle. [ Written also pignon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]