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    BUTTERNUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut familyplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("butternut" is a kind of...):

    edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

    Holonyms ("butternut" is a part of...):

    butternut; butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; white walnut (North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dyeplay

    Synonyms:

    butternut; butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; white walnut

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("butternut" is a kind of...):

    walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)

    Meronyms (parts of "butternut"):

    butternut (oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family)

    Holonyms ("butternut" is a member of...):

    genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)

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