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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wal•nut /ˈwɔlˌnʌt, -nət/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] an edible meaty nut with a hard, wrinkled shell.
- Plant Biology[countable] a tree bearing walnuts.
- Furniture[uncountable] the wood of a walnut, used esp. in making furniture.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wal•nut (wôl′nut′, -nət),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone. Cf. walnut family.
- Plant Biologythe tree itself.
- Plant Biology, Furniturethe wood of such a tree.
- Plant Biology, Dialect Terms[Northeastern U.S.]the hickory nut.
- Plant Biologyany of various fruits or trees resembling the walnut.
- a somewhat reddish shade of brown, as that of the heartwood of the black walnut tree.
- bef. 1050; Middle English; Old English wealh-hnutu literally, foreign nut; see Welsh, nut
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: walnut /ˈwɔːlˌnʌt/ n - any juglandaceous deciduous tree of the genus Juglans, of America, SE Europe, and Asia, esp J. regia, which is native to W Asia but introduced elsewhere. They have aromatic leaves and flowers in catkins and are grown for their edible nuts and for their wood
- the nut of any of these trees, having a wrinkled two-lobed seed and a hard wrinkled shell
- the wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, panelling, etc
- a light yellowish-brown colour
adj - made from the wood of a walnut tree: a walnut table
- of the colour walnut
Etymology: Old English walh-hnutu, literally: foreign nut; compare Old French noux gauge walnut, probably translation of Vulgar Latin phrase nux gallica (unattested) Gaulish (hence, foreign) nut |