Associations to the word «Butternut» - Word Associations Network

Noun

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

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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