butternut meaning

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butternut (noun): North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye.

butternut has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

butternut as a noun

  1. North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye

    Synonyms: butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea

    Type of: walnut

  2. oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family

    Type of: edible nut

Scrabble score: 11 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with BU · words ending in UT · 9-letter words

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