english-walnut

English walnut

noun
1.
a walnut tree, Juglans regia.
2.
the nut of this tree, widely used in cookery.

Origin:
1765–75, Americanism

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english walnut

noun
1. Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated 
2. nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking 
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