butternut
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dyeSynonyms: butternut treewhite walnutJuglans cinerea
- oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Souari nut \Sou*a"ri nut`\ (Bot.) The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut. [Written also sawarra nut.] [1913 Webster]
Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n.
1.(Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and Caryocar nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut. [1913 Webster]