walnut

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wal⋅nut

[wawl-nuht, -nuh

–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.
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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