What is "butternut" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does butternut mean in English? Meaning of butternut definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "butternut" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "butternut": North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye

Noun

  • Meaning: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
  • Synonyms: butternut butternut tree juglans cinerea white walnut
  • Hypernyms: walnut walnut tree
  • Part Holonyms: butternut
  • Meaning of "butternut": oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family

    Noun

  • Meaning: oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
  • Synonyms: butternut
  • Hypernyms: edible nut
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