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wal·nut
(wôl′nŭt′, -nət)n.
1.
a. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Juglans, having pinnately compound leaves and fruits with a rounded sticky husk that encloses an edible seed with a hard shell.
b. The nut or corrugated seed of any of these trees.
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; see Welsh + hnutu, nut.]
wal′nut adj.
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walnut
(ˈwɔːlˌnʌt)n
1. (Plants) any juglandaceous deciduous tree of the genus Juglans, of America, SE Europe, and Asia, esp J. regia, which is native to W Asia but introduced elsewhere. They have aromatic leaves and flowers in catkins and are grown for their edible nuts and for their wood
2. (Cookery) the nut of any of these trees, having a wrinkled two-lobed seed and a hard wrinkled shell
3. (Forestry) the wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, panelling, etc
4. (Colours) a light yellowish-brown colour
adj
5. (Forestry) made from the wood of a walnut tree: a walnut table.
6. (Colours) of the colour walnut
[Old English walh-hnutu, literally: foreign nut; compare Old French noux gauge walnut, probably translation of Vulgar Latin phrase nux gallica (unattested) Gaulish (hence, foreign) nut]
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wal•nut
(ˈwɔlˌnʌt, -nət)n.
1. the edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone.
2. the tree itself.
3. the wood of this tree, used in making furniture.
4. a somewhat reddish shade of brown, as that of the heartwood of the black walnut tree.
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Noun | 1. | walnut - nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell edible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell black walnut - American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell English walnut - nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking walnut tree, walnut - any of various trees of the genus Juglans |
2. | walnut - hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling walnut tree, walnut - any of various trees of the genus Juglans wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees | |
3. | walnut - any of various trees of the genus Juglans walnut - nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell genus Juglans, Juglans - type genus of the Juglandaceae walnut - hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling California black walnut, Juglans californica - medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts butternut, butternut tree, Juglans cinerea, white walnut - North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye black walnut, black walnut tree, Juglans nigra, black hickory - North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut Circassian walnut, English walnut, English walnut tree, Juglans regia, Persian walnut - Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated nut tree - tree bearing edible nuts |
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Translations
جوزجَوْزجَوْزَهخَشَب الجَوْزشَجَرَة الجَوْز
орех
vlašský ořech
valnødvalnøddetræ
گردو
pähkinäsaksanpähkinä
orahorahovina
diófadió
valhnetavalhnotavalhnotutré
クルミ
호도
graikinis riešutasriešutmedis
riekstkoka-riekstkoksvalrieksts
nucă
oreh
valnöt
ถั่ววอลนัทมีเปลือกแข็ง รอยหยักและทานได้
cevizceviz ağacıceviz ağacı kerestesi
quả óc chó
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walnut
[ˈwɔːlnʌt]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
walnut
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walnut
[ˈwɔːlˌnʌt]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
walnut
(ˈwoːlnat) noun1. a type of tree whose wood is used for making furniture etc.
2. the nut produced by this tree.
3. (also adjective) (of) the wood of the tree. a walnut table.
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walnut
→ جَوْز vlašský ořech valnød Walnuss καρύδι nuez saksanpähkinä noix orah noce クルミ 호도 walnoot valnøtt orzech włoski noz грецкий орех valnöt ถั่ววอลนัทมีเปลือกแข็ง รอยหยักและทานได้ ceviz quả óc chó 胡桃Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009