butternut

See also: Butternut

English

Butternut (tree)

Etymology

butter +‎ nut

Noun

butternut (countable and uncountable, plural butternuts)

A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
The nut of this walnut tree.
A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
(informal outside South Africa) Butternut squash.
He made a delicious butternut soup.

Translations

tree

French: noyer cendré (fr) m, noyer à beurre m

nut

Malecite-Passamaquoddy: pokanimus, pokanewimus

dye

butternut squash — see butternut squash

References

butternut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Juglans cinerea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

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