Definition of Juglans nigra

1. Noun. North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut.

Exact synonyms: Black Hickory, Black Walnut, Black Walnut Tree
Terms within: Black Walnut
Group relationships: Genus Juglans, Juglans
Generic synonyms: Walnut, Walnut Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Juglans Nigra

Judæan
Judæans
Judæo-
Judæo-Christian
Judæus
Jugg
Juggalette
Juggalettes
Juggalo
Juggalos
Juggernaut
Juglandaceae
Juglandales
Juglans californica
Juglans cinerea
Juglans nigra (current term)
Juglans regia
Jugoslav
Jugoslavia
Jugoslavian
Jugoslavians
Jugoslavija
Jukes
Jul.
Jules
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt
Jules Feifer
Jules Verne
Jules de Goncourt

Literary usage of Juglans nigra

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

1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Juglans nigra Linn. Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) Black Walnut (local and common name). Walnut (NY, Del., W. Va., Fla., Ky., Mo., Ohio, Ind., la.). Locality. ..."

2. Studies in Heredity as Illustrated by the Trichomes of Species and Hybrids by William Austin Cannon (1909)
"In Juglans californica X Juglans nigra, in plant No. 1, the leaflets numbered from 13 to 18; in No. 4, from 10 to 11. In the pure line californica the ..."

3. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1878)
"Juglans nigra—Black Walnut. All things considered, I am strongly inclined to the belief that the Black Walnut is the most valuable forest tiee that can be ..."

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