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Butternut

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Southern settlers of the Ohio river basin, who used dye from the butternut tree to colour their home-made clothing US, obsolete

    "Yankees took to calling the Borderlanders “butternuts”—a reference to the color of their crude homespun clothes."

  3. 3
    oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family wordnet
  4. 4
    The wood or bark of this walnut tree. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A Confederate Southerner, or somebody who supported southern rights and slavery US, obsolete

    "The Illinois troops delivered a volley that sent the butternuts scampering back across the field."

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  1. 6
    North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye wordnet
  2. 7
    The nut of this walnut tree. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    The souari nut. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    Butternut squash. countable, uncountable

    "He made a delicious butternut soup."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From butter + nut.

Etymology 2

After the color of the Confederate uniform.

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