butter nut

[buht-er-nuht]

but·ter·nut

[buht-er-nuht]
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, especially one whose uniform was dyed with an extract from this tree.
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Origin:
1735–45, Americanism; so called from the nut's oiliness
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Butter nut is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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