pinochle | (n) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist, Syn. bezique, penuchle, pinocle |
pinocytosis | (n) process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid |
pinole | (n) meal made of finely ground corn mixed with sugar and spices |
pinon | (n) any of several low-growing pines of western North America, Syn. pinyon |
pinon pine | (n) a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas, Syn. Mexican nut pine, Pinus cembroides |
pinopsida | (n) most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta, Syn. subdivision Pinophytina, Pinophytina, class Pinopsida |
pinot | (n) any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for Burgundies and champagnes, Syn. Pinot grape |
pinot blanc | (n) white wine grape; grown especially in California for making wines resembling those from Chablis, France |
pinot blanc | (n) dry white California table wine made from white Pinot grapes |
pinot noir | (n) red wine grape; grown especially in California for making wines resembling those from Burgundy, France |