About The Word Butternut
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Butternut
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What's The Definition Of Butternut?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Butternut: butternut tree | Juglans cinerea | white walnut Related Terms | Find terms related to Butternut: See Also | butternut | butternut | butternut tree | edible nut | genus Juglans | Juglans | Juglans cinerea | walnut | walnut tree | white walnut Butternut In Webster's Dictionary \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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