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ENGLISH WALNUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does English walnut mean? 

ENGLISH WALNUT (noun)
  The noun ENGLISH WALNUT has 2 senses:

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

2. nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cookingplay

  Familiarity information: ENGLISH WALNUT used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENGLISH WALNUT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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

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

Meronyms (members of "English walnut"):

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

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

genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

walnut (nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell)

Meronyms (substance of "English walnut"):

walnut oil (oil from walnuts)

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

Circassian walnut; English walnut; English walnut tree; Juglans regia; Persian walnut (Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated)


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