Juglans

Juglans
noun
type genus of the Juglandaceae
• Syn: ↑genus Juglans
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Juglandaceae, ↑family Juglandaceae, ↑walnut family
• Member Meronyms:

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\\ˈjüˌglanz\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Jugland-, Juglans, from Latin jugland-, juglans walnut, from ju- (from Juppiter, god of the sky) + gland-, glans acorn — more at deity, gland
: a genus (the type of the family Juglandaceae) of walnut trees characterized by the separation of the pith of the branchlets into thin plates and by the indehiscent husk and furrowed shell of the fruit — see black walnut, butternut, english walnut

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Juglans /jooˈglanz/
noun
The walnut genus, giving the name to the family Juglandaceae /-glən-dāˈsi-ē/
ORIGIN: L jūglāns, from Jovis glāns Jove's acorn
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juglandaceous /-dāˈshəs/ adjective

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