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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.
EXPANDU.S. History. a Confederate soldier or partisan, especially one whose uniform was dyed with an extract from this tree.
Origin:
1735–45, Americanism; so called from the nut's oiliness
1735–45, Americanism; so called from the nut's oiliness
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Butter nut
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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 army uniforms in the Amer. Civil War.
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