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Definitions for Walnut

[1] the edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone. Compare walnut family.
[2] the tree itself.
[3] the wood of such a tree.
[4] Northeastern U.S. the hickory nut.
[5] any of various fruits or trees resembling the walnut.
[6] a somewhat reddish shade of brown, as that of the heartwood of the black walnut tree.
[7] any juglandaceous deciduous tree of the genus Juglans, of America, SE Europe, and Asia, esp J. regia, which is native to W Asia but introduced elsewhere. They have aromatic leaves and flowers in catkins and are grown for their edible nuts and for their wood
[8] the nut of any of these trees, having a wrinkled two-lobed seed and a hard wrinkled shell
[9] the wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, panelling, etc
[10] a light yellowish-brown colour
[11] made from the wood of a walnut tree a walnut table
[12] of the colour walnut

Words nearby Walnut

walls have ears, the, wallsend, wally, wallyball, wallydrag, walnut, walnut creek, walnut family, walnut husk fly, walnut oil, walpole

Origin of Walnut

before 1050; Middle English; Old English wealh-hnutu literally, foreign nut; see Welsh, nut

Word origin for Walnut

Old English walh-hnutu, literally: foreign nut; compare Old French noux gauge walnut, probably translation of Vulgar Latin phrase nux gallica (unattested) Gaulish (hence, foreign) nut