walnut : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: walnut	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for walnut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
walnut n nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two- lobed seed with a hard shell hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling any of various trees of the genus Juglans Synonym(s): walnut, walnut tree
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Walnut \Wal"nut\, n. [OE. walnot, AS. wealh-hnutu a Welsh or foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh, properly, a Celt, from the name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae) + hnutu a nut; akin to D. walnoot, G. walnuss, Icel. valhnot, Sw. valn[94]t, Dan valn[94]d. See {Nut}, and cf. {Welsh}.] (Bot.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Walnut, CA (city, FIPS 83332) Location: 34.02902 N, 117.85738 W Population (1990): 29105 (8091 housing units) Area: 23.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Walnut, IA (city, FIPS 82065) Location: 41.47911 N, 95.22267 W Population (1990): 857 (344 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51577 Walnut, IL (village, FIPS 78526) Location: 41.55682 N, 89.59105 W Population (1990): 1463 (594 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Walnut, KS (city, FIPS 74950) Location: 37.60031 N, 95.07449 W Population (1990): 214 (119 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66780 Walnut, MS (town, FIPS 77480) Location: 34.94853 N, 88.90010 W Population (1990): 523 (234 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38683 Walnut, NC Zip code(s): 28753