Welshnut

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A walnut (nut or tree). UK, West-Country, dated, dialectal

    "[…] Our tongues do run, O, / Enough to stun, O, / Your head wi' glee by the welshnut tree."

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"[…] Our tongues do run, O, / Enough to stun, O, / Your head wi' glee by the welshnut tree."

Etymology

From Middle English walsh-note, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “Welsh-nut”), equivalent to Welsh + nut.

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