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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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oilnut
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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