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butternut

English

Etymology

butter +? nut

Noun

butternut (countable and uncountable, plural butternuts)

  1. A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
    Synonym: white walnut
  2. The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
  3. The nut of this walnut tree.
  4. A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
  5. The souari nut.
  6. (informal outside South Africa) Butternut squash.

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Further reading

  • Juglans cinerea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Juglans cinerea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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  • nut butter

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bitternut

English

Etymology

bitter +? nut

Noun

bitternut (plural bitternuts)

  1. The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
  2. Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.

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