butternut

butternut
/but"euhr nut'/, n.
1. Also called white walnut. the edible oily nut of an American tree, Juglans cinerea, of the walnut family.
2. the tree itself.
3. the light-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
4. the light-brown color resulting from a dye made from this tree.
5. U.S. Hist. a Confederate soldier or partisan, esp. one whose uniform was dyed with an extract from this tree.
6. See souari nut.
[1735-45, Amer.; so called from the nut's oiliness]

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Deciduous nut-producing tree (Juglans cinerea) of the walnut family, native to eastern North America.

A mature tree has gray, deeply furrowed bark. Each leaf has 11–17 yellowish green leaflets that are hairy underneath. Chocolate-coloured partitions divide the pith of the twig into many chambers. The egg-shaped fruit has a sticky, greenish brown husk. The hard, woody nut bears many ridges and contains a sweet, oily seed. The tree is economically important for its edible nuts and for a yellow or orange dye obtained from the fruit husks. Some substances in the inner bark of the roots are used in medicines.

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▪ Juglans cinerea
 (Juglans cinerea), deciduous nut-producing tree of the walnut family (Juglandaceae), native to eastern North America. A mature tree has gray, deeply furrowed bark and is about 15 to 18 m (50 to 60 feet) tall and 30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 inches) in diameter. Each leaf, about 45 to 75 cm long, has 11 to 17 yellowish green leaflets that are hairy underneath. Chocolate-coloured partitions divide the pith of the twig into many chambers. The egg-shaped fruit has a sticky, greenish brown husk. The hard, woody nut bears many ridges and contains a sweet, oily seed. The tree is economically important for its edible nuts and for a yellow or orange dye obtained from the fruit husks. Some substances in the inner bark of the roots are used in medicines.

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