walnut : Idioms & Phrases

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african walnut

  • noun tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany
    Lovoa klaineana.
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Ash-leaved walnut

  • a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native in Transcaucasia.
Webster 1913

Black walnut

  • noun North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
    black hickory; black walnut; Juglans nigra.
  • noun American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell
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  • a North American tree (J. nigra) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular.
Webster 1913

black walnut tree

  • noun North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
    black hickory; black walnut; Juglans nigra.
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california black walnut

  • noun medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts
    Juglans californica.
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caucasian walnut

  • noun medium-sized Caucasian much-branched tree distinguished from other walnut trees by its winged fruit
    Pterocarya fraxinifolia.
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circassian walnut

  • noun Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
    Juglans regia; Circassian walnut; English walnut; English walnut tree.
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English, ∨ European, walnut

  • a tree (J. regia), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan, valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also called Madeira nuts.
Webster 1913

English walnut

  • noun Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
    Juglans regia; Circassian walnut; English walnut; English walnut tree.
  • noun nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking
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  • . (Bot.) See under Walnut.
Webster 1913

english walnut tree

  • noun Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
    Juglans regia; Circassian walnut; English walnut; English walnut tree.
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persian walnut

  • noun Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
    Juglans regia; Circassian walnut; English walnut; English walnut tree.
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satin walnut

  • noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
    hazelwood; sweet gum; red gum.
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walnut blight

  • noun a disease of English walnut trees
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Walnut brown

  • a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut.
Webster 1913

walnut family

  • noun trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans
    family Juglandaceae; Juglandaceae.
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Walnut oil

  • noun oil from walnuts
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  • oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in cooking, making soap, etc.
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walnut tree

  • noun any of various trees of the genus Juglans
    walnut.
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White walnut

  • noun North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
    butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; butternut.
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  • a North American tree (J. cinerea), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called butternuts. See Butternut.
Webster 1913