different between butternut vs walnut

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.

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nut butter

English

Etymology

From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, walnote, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?ln?t/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??ln?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

walnut (usually uncountable, plural walnuts)

1. A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
2. A nut of the walnut tree.
3. Wood of the walnut tree.
4. Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

Related terms

• walshnut

Translations

Adjective

walnut (not comparable)

1. Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

Translations

Derived terms

• ash-leaved walnut
• black walnut
• English walnut
• European walnut
• satin walnut
• Walnut Ridge
• white walnut

See also

• butternut
• hickory
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

Wikibooks

• walnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Juglans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies