butternut

See also: Butternut

English

Etymology

From butter +‎ nut.

Noun

butternut (countable and uncountable, plural butternuts)

1. A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.

   Synonym: white walnut

2. The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
3. The nut of this walnut tree.
4. A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
5. The souari nut.
6. (informal outside South Africa) Butternut squash.

   He made a delicious butternut soup.

Derived terms

• butternut pumpkin
• butternut squash

Translations

tree

Finnish: Amerikanjalopähkinä French: noyer cendré (fr) m, noyer à beurre m German: Butternussbaum m, grauer Walnussbaum m, Graunuss f, Butternuss f Korean: 백호두나무 (baekhodunamu) Polish: orzech szary m Spanish: nogal blanco americano m

nut

Cherokee: ᎪᎯ (gohi) German: Butternuss f, graue Walnuss f Korean: 백호두 (baekhodu) Malecite-Passamaquoddy: pokanimus, pokanewimus

dye

butternut squash — see butternut squash

Further reading

• Juglans cinerea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Juglans cinerea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• nut butter