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BUTTERNUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does butternut mean?
• BUTTERNUT (noun)
The noun BUTTERNUT has 2 senses:
1. North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
2. oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
Familiarity information: BUTTERNUT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
butternut; butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; white walnut
Hypernyms ("butternut" is a kind of...):
walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)
Meronyms (parts of "butternut"):
butternut (oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family)
Holonyms ("butternut" is a member of...):
genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("butternut" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Holonyms ("butternut" is a part of...):
butternut; butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; white walnut (North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye)
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