walnut family
noun
the plant family Juglandaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having alternate, pinnately compound leaves, male flowers in tassellike catkins and female flowers in clusters, and edible nuts enclosed in a thick-walled or leathery husk, and including the butternut, hickory, pecan, and walnut.
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How to use walnut family in a sentence
Members of the walnut family including the hickories are especially appropriate along the highways and city streets.
A member of the walnut family known also as "long walnut" and as "white walnut" is the true butternut.
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