BUTTERNUT

butternut

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

butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

butternut (countable and uncountable, plural butternuts)

A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.

Synonym: white walnut

The wood or bark of this walnut tree.

The nut of this walnut tree.

A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.

The souari nut.

(informal, outside, South Africa) Butternut squash.

Anagrams

• nut butter

Etymology

After the color of the Confederate uniform.

Noun

Butternut (plural Butternuts)

(US, obsolete) A Confederate Southerner, or somebody who supported southern rights and slavery [19th c.]

Anagrams

• nut butter

Source: Wiktionary

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But"ter*nut`, n.

1. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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