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black walnut
Juglans nigra

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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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.
[before 1050; Middle English; Old English wealh-hnutu literally, foreign nut; see Welsh, nut]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.walnut - nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shellwalnut - 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 treeswalnut - 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 Juglanswalnut - 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

walnut

[ˈwɔːlnʌt]
A. N (= nut) → nuez f; (= tree, wood) → nogal m
B. ADJ (= wooden) → de nogal
C. CPD walnut tree Nnogal m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

walnut

[ˈwɔːlnʌt]
n
(= nut) → noix f
(= tree) → noyer m
(= wood) → noyer m
modif [desk, table, wardrobe] → en noyer walnut oilwalnut oil nhuile f de noix
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

walnut

n (= nut)Walnuss f; (= walnut tree)(Wal)nussbaum m; (= wood)Nussbaumholz nt, → Nussbaum m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

walnut

[ˈwɔːlˌnʌt]
1. n (nut) → noce f; (tree, wood) → noce m
2. adj (furniture) → di noce; (cake) → di noci
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

walnut

(ˈwoːlnat) noun
1. 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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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
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The pass was crowned with dense, dark forest--deodar, walnut, wild cherry, wild olive, and wild pear, but mostly deodar, which is the Himalayan cedar; and under the shadow of the deodars stood a deserted shrine to Kali--who is Durga, who is Sitala, who is sometimes worshipped against the smallpox.
They found the Princess Langwidere in her mirrored chamber, where she was admiring one of her handsomest heads--one with rich chestnut hair, dreamy walnut eyes and a shapely hickorynut nose.
One evening when we were picking out kernels for walnut taffy, Tony told us a new story.
"A dog, a woman, an' a walnut tree, Th' more yeh beat 'em, th' better they be!
The cowish, also, or biscuit root, about the size of a walnut, which they reduce to a very palatable flour; together with the jackap, aisish, quako, and others; which they cook by steaming them in the ground.
The whole coast is described as remarkably rugged and mountainous; with dense forests of hemlock, spruce, white and red cedar, cotton-wood, white oak, white and swamp ash, willow, and a few walnut. There is likewise an undergrowth of aromatic shrubs, creepers, and clambering vines, that render the forests almost impenetrable; together with berries of various kinds, such as gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, both red and yellow, very large and finely flavored whortleberries, cranberries, serviceberries, blackberries, currants, sloes, and wild and choke cherries.
Miss Sarah Pocket, whom I now saw to be a little dry brown corrugated old woman, with a small face that might have been made of walnut shells, and a large mouth like a cat's without the whiskers, supported this position by saying, "No, indeed, my dear.
'In point of fact,' the former resumes, after some silent dipping among his fragments of walnut with an air of pique, 'I see it whenever I go to see Pussy.
A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.
A WALNUT TREE standing by the roadside bore an abundant crop of fruit.
Sometimes on foot, often by launch, they cries-crossed and threaded the river region as far as the peat lands of the Middle River, down the San Joaquin to Antioch, and up Georgiana Slough to Walnut Grove on the Sacramento.
'Dost thou not know the meaning of the walnut -- priest?' she said coyly, and handed him the half-shells.