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See also: pinenut, pine-nut, and Pine Nut

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Pine nuts.

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From Middle English pinnote, pynote, from Old English pīnhnutu (pinenut), equivalent to pine +‎ nut. Cognate with Swedish pinjenöt (pinenut).

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pine nut (countable and uncountable, plural pine nuts)

  1. The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.
    Synonyms: neoza, pine kernel, pignoli
  2. (South Africa, uncountable) The flavor that results from mixing pineapple and coconut.
    pine nut soda

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