| black walnut n. 1. An eastern North American tree (Juglans nigra) having dark brown wood and a deeply furrowed nut enclosed in a globose aromatic husk. 2. The wood of this tree, used especially for veneer, cabinets, furniture, and gunstocks. 3. The nut of this tree, having an edible kernel used especially in confections. |
black walnut
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a North American walnut tree, Juglans nigra, with hard dark wood and edible oily nuts
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the valuable wood of this tree, used for cabinet work
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the nut of this tree Compare butternut [1-4]
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| Noun | 1. |  black walnut - North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nutblack walnut - American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell genus Juglans, Juglans - type genus of the Juglandaceae walnut tree, walnut - any of various trees of the genus Juglans |
| 2. | black walnut - American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell walnut - nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell black walnut, black walnut tree, Juglans nigra, black hickory - North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut |
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