Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Butternut"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Souari nut \Sou*a"ri nut`\ (Bot.)
The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American
tree ({Caryocar nuciferum}) of the same natural order with
the tea plant; -- also called {butternut}. [Written also
{sawarra nut}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n.
1. (Bot.) 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}.
2. (Bot.) The nut of the {Caryocar butyrosum} and {C.
nuciferum}, of S. America; -- called also {Souari nut}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
butternut
n 1: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and
edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye [syn: {butternut
tree}, {white walnut}, {Juglans cinerea}]
2: oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
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