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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia;
[syn: wing nut, wing-nut]

2. a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning;
[syn: wing nut, wing-nut, wing screw, butterfly nut, thumbnut]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wing-nut
    n 1: any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged
         nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia [syn: wing nut,
         wing-nut]
    2: a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and
       forefinger leverage in turning [syn: wing nut, wing-nut,
       wing screw, butterfly nut, thumbnut]