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Webster 1913 Edition

Walnut

Wal′nut

,
Noun.
[OE.
walnot
, AS.
wealh-hnutu
a Welsh or foreign nut, a walnut;
wealh
foreign, strange, n., a Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG.
Walh
, properly, a Celt, from the name of a Celtic tribe, in L.
Volcae
) +
hnutu
a nut; akin to D.
walnoot
, G.
walnuss
, Icel.
valhnot
, Sw.
valnöt
, Dan
valnöd
. See
Nut
, and cf.
Welsh
.]
(Bot.)
The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus
Juglans
; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.
☞ In some parts of America, especially in New England, the name walnut is given to several species of hickory (
Carya
), and their fruit.
Ash-leaved walnut
,
a tree (
Juglans fraxinifolia
), native in Transcaucasia.
–
Black walnut
,
a North American tree (
Juglans nigra
) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular.
–
English walnut
, or
European walnut
,
a tree (
Juglans regia
), native of Asia from the
Caucasus
to
Japan
, valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also called
Madeira nuts
.
–
Walnut brown
,
a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut.
–
Walnut oil
,
oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in cooking, making soap, etc.
–
White walnut
,
a North American tree (
Juglans cinerea
), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called
butternuts
. See
Butternut
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Walnut

WALNUT

,
Noun.
A tree and its fruit, of the genus Juglans. The black walnut, so called, grows in America, and is indigenous in the southern and middle states, as far north as the Hudson. That is said to be the limit of tis indigenous growth, gut when transplanted, it grows well in the eastern states. In America there are several species of hickory nut, called by this name.

Definition 2024

walnut

walnut

English

Walnuts for sale.
The kernel of a walnut with the shell in the background.

Noun

walnut ‎(usually uncountable, plural walnuts)

  1. A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
  2. A nut of the walnut tree.
  3. Wood of the walnut tree.
  4. Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
    walnut colour:    


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Adjective

walnut ‎(not comparable)

  1. Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

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Etymology

From Old English walhhnutu, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz ‎(“Celt, Roman, foreigner”) (whence Walloon, Welsh) + *hnuts (whence nut). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɑlnət/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːlnʌt/

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