English walnut

1. A walnut tree (Juglans regia) native to Eurasia, widely cultivated for its wood and its large, edible nuts.

2. The nut of this tree. In both senses also called Persian walnut.

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Eng′lish wal′nut

1. a walnut tree, Juglans regia.

2. the nut of this tree, widely used in cooking.

[1765–75, Amer.]

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Noun	1.	English walnut - Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated Circassian walnut, English walnut tree, Juglans regia, Persian walnut English walnut - nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking genus Juglans, Juglans - type genus of the Juglandaceae walnut tree, walnut - any of various trees of the genus Juglans
	2.	English walnut - nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking walnut oil - oil from walnuts walnut - nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell Circassian walnut, English walnut, English walnut tree, Juglans regia, Persian walnut - Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated

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They were perfectly round white things a trifle smaller than an English walnut. They had a famous fried-egg feast that night, and another on Friday morning.

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