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Definition of Butternut
1. Noun. North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye.
Group relationships: Genus Juglans, Juglans
Generic synonyms: Walnut, Walnut Tree
2. Noun. Oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family.
Definition of Butternut
1. n. An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.
Definition of Butternut
1. Noun. A North American walnut tree, (spelink Juglans cinerea), or the wood, bark(,) or nut of this tree. ¹
2. Noun. A dye made from the fruit of this tree. ¹
3. Noun. (informal) Butternut squash ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Butternut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"P. Magnus This is the common leaf- spot of butternut and walnut. ... Loaf-spot
of butternut. The parasitic fungus causing the spots forms inconspicuous ..."
2. A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War: Describing by James Thacher (1827)
"The extract of butternut is made by boiling down the inner bark of the tree ...
As the butternut tree abounds in our country, we may obtain at a very little ..."
3. Trees that Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the by Julia Ellen Rogers (1909)
"Black walnut is scarce now, and can hardly be bought at any price. THE butternut
The butternut trees are stripped of their fruit in October by boys who have ..."
4. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"THE walnut includes two species in this country, the butternut and the black walnut,
... The butternut is a well- known tree in the Northern States, ..."
5. Trees that Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the by Julia Ellen Rogers (1909)
"THE butternut The butternut trees are stripped of their fruit in October by boys
who have visions of long evenings, such as Whittier describes in " Snow ..."
6. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"butternut, White Walnut Walnut (Minn.), (local and common names). White Mahogany.
... butternut wood is one of the cheaper woods that must now be employed. ..."
7. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"butternut tree on calcareous soils.—Value of the land.—Poor land, what it means
in a new country.—Windfalls.—Smith's Creek.—Influence of circumstances on ..."
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