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bird-nut n. Obsolete the nut of the common European walnut, Juglans regia, which has a kernel thought to resemble a bird with outstretched wings; (also) the tree itself.
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1676 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum 180 Called the Bird-nut, from the resemblance the Kernel hath to a Bird, with its Wings displayed..after the Nut is slit in the middle.
1884 Garden 6 Dec. 480/1 (note) Large Walnuts.—These are called In Shropshire Banats, which is said to be a corruption of bird-nut, from some resemblance to a bird when opened.
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