| NOUN | plant | butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea | North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts |
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| food | butternut | oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family |
| Meaning | North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye. | |
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| Synonyms | butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea | |
| Member of | Juglans, genus Juglans | type genus of the Juglandaceae |
| Parts | butternut | oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family |
| Broader | walnut, walnut tree | Any of various trees of the genus Juglans |
| Meaning | oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family. | |
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| Part of | butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea | North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts |
| Broader | edible nut | A hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell |
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