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De - Pt| English Dictionary: European | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for European | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England, the name walnut is given to several species of hickory ({Carya}), and their fruit. {Ash-leaved walnut}, a tree ({Juglans fraxinifolia}), native in Transcaucasia. {Black walnut}, 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. {English}, [or] {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. {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 ({J. cinerea}), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called butternuts. See {Butternut}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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European \Eu`ro*pe"an\, n. A native or an inhabitant of Europe. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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European \Eu`ro*pe"an\, a. [L. europeaus, Gr. [?], fr. Gr. [?] (L. europa.)] Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. {On the European plan}, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.] | |
