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English Dictionary: pignon by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pia4on \Pi[a4]"on\, n. [Sp. pi[a4]on.] (Bot.)
            (a) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the
                  tree producing such seeds, as {Pinus Pinea} of
                  Southern Europe, and {P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis,
                  and monophylla}, the nut pines of Western North
                  America.
            (b) See {Monkey's puzzle}. [Written also {pignon}.]
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