butternut
See also: Butternut
English edit
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.
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dye
butternut squash — see butternut squash
Further reading edit
- Juglans cinerea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Juglans cinerea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies