Walnut /(?)/
Wal·nut
Walnut
n.
- The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone. (Bot.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Ash-leaved walnut
- a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native in Transcaucasia.
- Black walnut
- a North American tree (Juglans nigra) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular.
- English walnut
- a tree (Juglans regia), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan, valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also called Madeira nuts.
- Walnut brown
- a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut.
- Walnut oil
- oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in cooking, making soap, etc.
- White walnut
- a North American tree (Juglans cinerea), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called butternuts. See Butternut.