| Piña | ‖n. [ Sp., orig., pineapple, pine cone. ] 1. (a) The pineapple. (b) Piña cloth or the fiber of which it is made. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Piña cloth | [ See Piña. ] A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, etc., woven from the fiber obtained from the leaf of the sterile pineapple plant. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a tinge of pale yellow. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Piñon | 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 ] | | Tilde | ‖n. [ Sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title, token, sign. See Title, n. ] The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [ thus, ñ, <ilde_; ], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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