Butternut

['bʌtənʌt] or ['bʌtɚnʌt]

Definition

(noun.) oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family.

(noun.) North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.

Editor: Randolph