BUTTERNUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butternut mean? 

• BUTTERNUT (noun)
  The noun BUTTERNUT has 2 senses:

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

2. oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family

  Familiarity information: BUTTERNUT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTERNUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butternut; butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; white walnut

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

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)