| 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. |
| walnut family | |
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| trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans [syn: Juglandaceae] |