1.
[syn: English walnut, English walnut tree, Circassian walnut, Persian walnut, Juglans regia]
2. nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Walnut \Wal"nut\, n. [OE. walnot, AS. wealh-hnutu a Welsh or
foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a
Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh, properly, a Celt, from the
name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae) + hnutu a nut; akin to
D. walnoot, G. walnuss, Icel. valhnot, Sw. valn["o]t, Dan
valn["o]d. See Nut, and cf. Welsh.] (Bot.)
The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also,
the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species
are all natives of the north temperate zone.
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Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England,
the name walnut is given to several species of hickory
(Carya), and their fruit.
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Ash-leaved walnut, a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native
in Transcaucasia.
Black walnut, a North American tree (Juglans nigra)
valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively
used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are
thick-shelled, and nearly globular.
English walnut, or European walnut, a tree (Juglans
regia), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan,
valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which
are also called Madeira nuts.
Walnut brown, a deep warm brown color, like that of the
heartwood of the black walnut.
Walnut oil, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in
cooking, making soap, etc.
White walnut, a North American tree (Juglans cinerea),
bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly
called butternuts. See Butternut.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
English \Eng"lish\, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles,
Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in
Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of
England. Cf. Anglican.]
Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the
present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
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English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8.
English breakfast tea. See Congou.
English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese.
English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
English walnut
n 1: Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its
hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated [syn: English
walnut, English walnut tree, Circassian walnut,
Persian walnut, Juglans regia]
2: nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively
thin shell; widely used in cooking