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    PERSIAN WALNUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivatedplay

    Synonyms:

    Circassian walnut; English walnut; English walnut tree; Juglans regia; Persian walnut

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Persian walnut" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "Persian walnut"):

    English walnut (nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking)

    Holonyms ("Persian walnut" is a member of...):

    genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)

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