Associations to the word «Butternut»

Wiktionary

BUTTERNUT, noun. A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
BUTTERNUT, noun. The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
BUTTERNUT, noun. The nut of this walnut tree.
BUTTERNUT, noun. A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
BUTTERNUT, noun. (informal) Butternut squash.
BUTTERNUT, noun. (US) (obsolete) A Confederate Southerner, or somebody who supported southern rights and slavery [19th c.]
BUTTERNUT PUMPKIN, noun. Alternative term for butternut squash
BUTTERNUT SQUASH, noun. A vase-shaped orange-fleshed hard winter squash, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
BUTTERNUT SQUASHES, noun. Plural of butternut squash

Dictionary definition

BUTTERNUT, noun. North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye.
BUTTERNUT, noun. Oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family.

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