Definition of Oilnut

1. n. The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo.

Definition of Oilnut

1. Noun. Any nut from which oil may be commercially extracted ¹

2. Noun. The buffalo nut (nut of ''Pyrularia oleifera'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oilnut

1. a North American butter nut [n -S]

Medical Definition of Oilnut

1. The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo. The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oilnut

oilfishes
oilhole
oilholes
oilier
oilies
oiliest
oilily
oiliness
oilinesses
oiling
oilless
oillet
oillets
oilman
oilmen
oilnut (current term)
oilnuts
oilpaper
oilpapers
oilpatch
oilproof
oilrig
oilrigs
oils
oilsand
oilsands
oilseed
oilseed cake
oilseed rape
oilseeds

Literary usage of Oilnut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1861)
"Mr. oilnut received me with an extreme of courtesy. Deeply regretted our temporary embarrassment. As to his little affair, he presumed we did not intend to ..."

2. School Days in the Fifties: A True Story with Some Untrue Names of Persons by William Milford Giffin, Francis Wayland Parker (1906)
"We used to draw up eight-foot long sticks under an old butternut tree, " oilnut tree " we called it, and then cut it into four-foot sticks, and then I sawed ..."

3. Bulletin by Lloyd Library (Cincinnati, Ohio) (1907)
"The BUTTER or oilnut. As no mention has been made by any authors of this nut, I shall be the more particular in my account of it. The tree grows in meadows, ..."

4. Popular and Complete English Dictionary: Exhibiting the Pronunciation by John Boag (1848)
"OILMAN, SU'man, n. One who deals in oils and pickles. oilnut, otl'nut, n. The butternut of North America. ..."

5. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1856)
"ed with oilnut trees. East Sabbath, the lightning killed a poor man's cow in Fairfield, and corn was battered with hail at the same time. ..."

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