genus Juglans

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Noun1.genus Juglans - type genus of the Juglandaceaegenus Juglans - type genus of the Juglandaceae  
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
family Juglandaceae, Juglandaceae, walnut family - trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans
walnut tree, walnut - any of various trees of the genus Juglans
California black walnut, Juglans californica - medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts
butternut, butternut tree, Juglans cinerea, white walnut - North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
black walnut, black walnut tree, Juglans nigra, black hickory - North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
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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Genus Juglans is placed in family Juglandaceae and it includes about 7 to 45 species (Aradhya et al., 2004), all having 32 chromosomes and located in temperate zone (Robert, 1930).
Walnut: a Worldwide Tree The walnut tree, genus Juglans, is a surprisingly widespread tree.
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