White walnut Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
    butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; butternut.

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Definitions
  1. a North American tree (J. cinerea), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called butternuts. See Butternut.

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