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walnut (iou)



walnut noun & adjective.
[Old English walh-hnutu corresp. to Middle Low German wallnut (whence Middle & mod. High German walnuss), Middle Dutch walnote (Dutch walnoot), Old Norse walhnot, from Germanic = foreign nut.]
A. noun.
The nut of trees of the genus Juglans, esp. J. regia, which consists of the stone of the green fleshy fruit, containing an edible kernel in separate halves; the kernel of this. Also Persian walnut, (US) English walnut. LOE.
The timber of any tree of the genus Juglans, esp. J. regia, used for furniture. L16.
b. The reddish-brown colour of the wood of the walnut tree. L19.
Any tree of the genus Juglans (family Juglandaceae), members of which have drooping catkins and aromatic pinnate leaves; esp. the Eurasian J. regia and (more fully black walnut) the N. American J. nigra. Also walnut tree. E17.
Phrases: African walnut: see AFRICAN adjective. English walnut, Persian walnut: see sense A.1 above. QUEENSLAND walnut. shagbark walnut: see SHAGBARK 2.
Comb.: walnut-shell (a) the hard shell of a walnut; either of the halves of this; (b) transf. a very light or fragile boat; walnut tree: see sense 3 above.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
Made of or with walnuts; extracted from walnuts. E17.
Made of the wood walnut. M19.