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See also: Butternut
English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
- He made a delicious butternut soup.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
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nut
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dye
butternut squash — see butternut squash
Further reading
[edit]Juglans cinerea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Juglans cinerea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies