Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Butternut

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Butternut


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(1):

(n.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.

(2):

(n.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.