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wal⋅nut

  [wawl-nuht, -nuht]
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–noun
1. the edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone. Compare walnut family.
2. the tree itself.
3. the wood of such a tree.
4. Northeastern U.S. the hickory nut.
5. any of various fruits or trees resembling the walnut.
6. a somewhat reddish shade of brown, as that of the heartwood of the black walnut tree.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME; OE wealh-hnutu lit., foreign nut; see Welsh, nut
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wal·nut   (wôl'nŭt', -nət)   


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n.  

    1. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Juglans, having pinnately compound leaves and a round, sticky outer fruit wall that encloses a nutlike stone with an edible seed.

    2. The stone or the ridged or corrugated seed of such a tree.

  2. The hard, dark brown wood of any of these trees, used for gunstocks and in cabinetwork.


[Middle English walnot, from Old English wealhhnutu : wealh, Celt, foreigner + hnutu, nut.]
wal'nut adj.
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Word Origin & History

walnut 
O.E. walhnutu "nut of the walnut tree," lit. "foreign nut," from wealh "foreign" (see Welsh) + hnutu (see nut). Cf. O.N. valhnot, M.L.G. walnut, M.Du. walnote, Du. walnoot, Ger. Walnuß, So called because it was introduced from Gaul and Italy, distinguishing it from the native hazel nut. Cf. the L.L. name for it, nux Gallica, lit. "Gaulish nut." Applied to the tree itself from 1600 (earlier walnut tree, c.1400).
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