English walnut

English walnut
noun
1. Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
• Hypernyms: ↑walnut, ↑walnut tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Juglans, ↑genus Juglans
2. nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking
• Hypernyms: ↑walnut
• Substance Meronyms: ↑walnut oil

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized E
1. : a Eurasian walnut (Juglans regia) that is valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood — called also Circassian walnut, French walnut, Persian walnut
2.
a. : the fruit of the English walnut

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1. a walnut tree, Juglans regia.
2. the nut of this tree, widely used in cookery.
[1765-75, Amer.]

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English walnut,
1. a walnut tree from Asia, cultivated in Europe and North America and having a gray bark and a mild-flavored nut; Persian walnut.
2. its edible nut, used in candy, cakes, and as a condiment or hors d'oeuvre.
3. its soft wood.

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