butternut

See also: Butternut

English

Butternut (tree)

Etymology

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