BUTTERNUT TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butternut tree mean? 

• BUTTERNUT TREE (noun)
  The noun BUTTERNUT TREE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BUTTERNUT TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTERNUT TREE (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 tree" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "butternut tree"):

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

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

genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)