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but⋅ter⋅nut

  [buht-er-nuht]
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–noun
1. Also called white walnut. the edible oily nut of an American tree, Juglans cinerea, of the walnut family.
2. the tree itself.
3. the light-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
4. the light-brown color resulting from a dye made from this tree.
5. U.S. History. a Confederate soldier or partisan, esp. one whose uniform was dyed with an extract from this tree.
6. souari nut.
Origin:
1735–45, Americanism; so called from the nut's oiliness
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sou⋅a⋅ri nut

  [soo-ahr-ee]
–noun
the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
Also called butternut.

Origin:
1840–50; < F saouari < Galibi sawarra
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but·ter·nut   (bŭt'ər-nŭt')   
n.  

    1. An eastern North American walnut (Juglans cinerea) having light-brown wood, pinnately compound leaves, and a deeply furrowed nut enclosed in an egg-shaped, sticky, aromatic husk. Also called white walnut.

    2. The nut of this tree, having an edible sweet kernel.

    3. The wood of this tree, used for furniture, boxes, and interior finishes.

    4. The bark of this tree.

    5. A brownish dye obtained from the husks of the fruits of this tree.

    6. butternuts Clothing dyed with butternut extract, especially the uniforms of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War.

    7. Informal A Confederate soldier or partisan in the Civil War.

    1. butternuts Clothing dyed with butternut extract, especially the uniforms of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War.

    2. Informal A Confederate soldier or partisan in the Civil War.

  3. See souari nut.


[From the nut's oiliness.]
sou·a·ri nut   (sōō-är'ē)   
n.   In both senses also called butternut.

  1. A South American evergreen tree (Caryocar nuciferum) having opposite, trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike stones containing seeds used as food and as a source of cooking oil.

  2. The nut of this tree.


[French saouari, from Galibi sawarra.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

butternut 
1753, nut of the white walnut, a N.Amer. tree; transferred to the tree itself from 1783. The nut's color was a brownish-gray, hence the word was used (1861) to describe the warm gray color of the Southern uniforms in the Amer. Civil War.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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