butternut : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: butternut	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for butternut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butternut 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 oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Souari nut \Sou*a"ri nut`\ (Bot.) The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree ({Caryocar nuciferum}) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called {butternut}. [Written also {sawarra nut}.]
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}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Butternut, WI (village, FIPS 11525) Location: 46.01366 N, 90.49769 W Population (1990): 416 (200 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54514