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BLACK WALNUT TREE

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Meaning:

North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut

Synonyms:

black hickory; black walnut; black walnut tree; Juglans nigra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("black walnut tree" is a kind of...):

walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)

Meronyms (parts of "black walnut tree"):

black walnut (American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell)

Holonyms ("black walnut tree" is a member of...):

genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)

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