English > walnut tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of various trees of the genus Juglans. |
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Synonym | walnut |
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Member of | Juglans, genus Juglans | type genus of the Juglandaceae |
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Parts | walnut | nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell |
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Narrower | California black walnut, Juglans californica | medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts |
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English walnut, English walnut tree, Circassian walnut, Persian walnut, Juglans regia | Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood |
black walnut, black walnut tree, black hickory, Juglans nigra | North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut |
butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea | North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts |
Broader | nut tree | Tree bearing edible nuts |
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Substances | walnut | Hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees |
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Spanish | juglans, nogal, noguera |
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Catalan | noguera |
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