Juglans cinerea : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Juglans cinerea	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Juglans cinerea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Juglans cinerea n North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye Synonym(s): butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n. 1. (Bot.) An American tree ({Juglans cinerea}) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called {oil nut} and {white walnut}. 2. (Bot.) The nut of the {Caryocar butyrosum} and {C. nuciferum}, of S. America; -- called also {Souari nut}.