Definition of "nut-pine" [nut-pine]

• One of several pines producing large edible seeds. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "They occasionally found a "nut-pine" tree, from which they gathered its fruits, but they disliked the taste of them, and gathered them more for the light they gave when on fire, than for eating."
• "On the lower part they were covered with nut-pine trees, and above with masses of pine, which we easily recognised, from the darker color of the foliage."
• "A family was living in each; and the only trail I saw in the neighborhood was from the door-hole to a nut-pine tree near, which supplied them with food and fuel."