white walnut


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Related to white walnut: butternut tree, Juglans cinerea

white walnut

n.
See butternut.
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white walnut

n
1. (Plants) another name for butternut1, butternut2, butternut3, butternut4
2. (Cookery) another name for butternut1, butternut2, butternut3, butternut4
3. (Forestry) another name for butternut1, butternut2, butternut3, butternut4
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.white walnut - North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nutswhite walnut - North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
butternut, butternut tree, Juglans cinerea
butternut - oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
genus Juglans, Juglans - type genus of the Juglandaceae
walnut tree, walnut - any of various trees of the genus Juglans
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