oil nut

oil nut
noun
oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
Syn: ↑buffalo nut, ↑elk nut
Hypernyms: ↑fruit
Part Holonyms: ↑rabbitwood, ↑buffalo nut, ↑Pyrularia pubera

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noun
2. : any of several nuts and seeds yielding oil: as
a. : coconut
b. : the fruit of the oil palm
c. : butternut; especially : this nut with its husks used while still soft and immature for pickling whole

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oil nut,
1. any one of various nuts and seeds yielding oil, such as the buffalo nut, butternut, peanut, or castor bean.
2. any one of the plants producing them.

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