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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood;
[syn: buffalo nut, elk nut, oil nut]


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

oil nut n 1: oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood [syn: buffalo nut, elk nut, oil nut]