| Pronunciation: | | 'butur`nut
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| Matching Terms: | | butternut squash, butternut tree
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
- [n] North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
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| | Synonyms: | | butternut tree, Juglans cinerea, white walnut |
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| | See Also: | | butternut, butternut, butternut tree, edible nut, genus Juglans, Juglans, Juglans cinerea, walnut, walnut tree, white walnut |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \But"ter*nut`\, n.
1. (Bot.) An American tree ({Juglans cinerea}) of the Walnut
family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil
contained in the latter. Sometimes called {oil nut} and
{white walnut}.
2. (Bot.) The nut of the {Caryocar butyrosum} and {C.
nuciferum}, of S. America; -- called also {Souari nut}.
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