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BLACK WALNUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black walnut mean? 

BLACK WALNUT (noun)
  The noun BLACK WALNUT has 2 senses:

1. North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nutplay

2. American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shellplay

  Familiarity information: BLACK WALNUT used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACK WALNUT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black hickory; black walnut; black walnut tree; Juglans nigra

Hypernyms ("black walnut" is a kind of...):

walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)

Meronyms (parts of "black walnut"):

black walnut (American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell)

Holonyms ("black walnut" is a member of...):

genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)


Sense 2

Meaning:

American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("black walnut" is a kind of...):

walnut (nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell)

Holonyms ("black walnut" is a part of...):

black hickory; black walnut; black walnut tree; Juglans nigra (North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut)


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