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Definition of Black walnut
1. Noun. North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut.
Group relationships: Genus Juglans, Juglans
Generic synonyms: Walnut, Walnut Tree
2. Noun. American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Walnut
Literary usage of Black walnut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"black walnut.—Juglans nigra. On the right is the bare nut; on the left the ...
The black walnut root is grown one year in the nursery and grafted the second ..."
2. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"A hybrid between the English and the black walnut grows fully four times as fast as
... The young (second generation) hybrids of the black walnut and the ..."
3. American Journal of Education (1881)
"The teachers' chairs are of the Queen-Anne pattern, having black- walnut frames
and cane scats. The head-masters' offices are furnished with ..."
4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1915)
"It is likely that this tree, which appears to be a natural, not an artificial,
hybrid, is a cross between the Persian walnut and the black walnut of ..."
5. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"... a native of Persia, was the only available species of this genus until the
introduction of the nearly similar black walnut of North America. ..."
6. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"They knew that black walnut was durable, so made fence posts and rails of it.
... The peculiar fitness of black walnut wood for gun stocks and for furniture ..."
7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"black walnut.—Juglans nigra. On the right is the bare nut; on the left the ...
The black walnut root is grown one year in the nursery and grafted the second ..."
8. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"A hybrid between the English and the black walnut grows fully four times as fast as
... The young (second generation) hybrids of the black walnut and the ..."
9. American Journal of Education (1881)
"The teachers' chairs are of the Queen-Anne pattern, having black- walnut frames
and cane scats. The head-masters' offices are furnished with ..."
10. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1915)
"It is likely that this tree, which appears to be a natural, not an artificial,
hybrid, is a cross between the Persian walnut and the black walnut of ..."
11. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"... a native of Persia, was the only available species of this genus until the
introduction of the nearly similar black walnut of North America. ..."
12. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"They knew that black walnut was durable, so made fence posts and rails of it.
... The peculiar fitness of black walnut wood for gun stocks and for furniture ..."
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