butternut
See also: Butternut
English
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Butternut (tree)
Etymology
butter + nut
Noun
butternut (countable and uncountable, plural butternuts)
- A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
- The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
- The nut of this walnut tree.
- A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
- The souari nut.
- (informal outside South Africa) Butternut squash.
- He made a delicious butternut soup.
Translations
tree
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nut
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dye
butternut squash — see butternut squash
References
butternut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Juglans cinerea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
- nut butter