Search Result for "butternut":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye;
[syn: butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea]
2. oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Souari nut \Sou*a"ri nut`\ (Bot.) The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut. [Written also sawarra nut.] [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n. 1. (Bot.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and Caryocar nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut. [1913 Webster]U.S. Gazetteer (1990):
Butternut, WI (village, FIPS 11525) Location: 46.01366 N, 90.49769 W Population (1990): 416 (200 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54514
