the butternut, Juglans cinerea, which has light grey bark; (also) the fruit or seed of this tree.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > walnut > walnut-tree > types of > butter-nut or white walnut (5) white walnut1624 the butternut, Juglans cinerea, which has light grey bark; (also) the fruit or seed of this tree. butternut1670 Chiefly U.S. A large oily variety of walnut which has a sweet, richly flavoured kernel, the fruit of the tree Juglans cinerea (see sense A. 2). Cf. oi… oil-nut1694 More fully oil-nut tree. Any of various trees or shrubs that produce oil-rich nuts or large seeds; spec. (a) the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis… Subcategories:— tree producing (2) |
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