Definition of butternut Butternut
but•ter•nut
We found 7 definitions of butternut from 4 different sources.
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What does butternut mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: butternuts |
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| butternut - North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye | ||
| butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea | ||
| walnut tree, walnut nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell | ||
| genus juglans, juglans type genus of the Juglandaceae | ||
| butternut - oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family | ||
| edible nut a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell | ||
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Wiktionary 
- butternut (Noun)
A dye made from the fruit of this tree. - butternut (Noun)
butternut Butternut squash .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- butternut (n.)
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. - butternut (n.)
The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.
Part of speech
🔤- butternut, noun, singular of butternuts.
