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WALNUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("walnut" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walnut"):
black walnut (American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell)
English walnut (nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking)
Holonyms ("walnut" is a part of...):
walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various trees of the genus Juglans
Synonyms:
walnut; walnut tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("walnut" is a kind of...):
nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)
Meronyms (parts of "walnut"):
walnut (nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell)
Meronyms (substance of "walnut"):
walnut (hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walnut"):
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 hickory; black walnut; black walnut tree; Juglans nigra (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)
Holonyms ("walnut" is a member of...):
genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("walnut" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("walnut" is a substance of...):
walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)
Context examples:
He had gone three miles round one day in order to bring her some walnuts, because she had said how fond she was of them, and in every thing else he was so very obliging.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
People who regularly eat nuts, including peanuts, walnuts and tree nuts, have a lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease or coronary heart disease compared to people who never or almost never eat nuts.
(Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated with Lower Risk of Heart Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
They found that a 1-ounce serving of walnuts contained 146 calories, which is 39 calories—21 percent—less than the label.
(Going Nuts Over Calories, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
He was reckoned very handsome; his person much admired in general, though not by her, there being a want of elegance of feature which she could not dispense with:—but the girl who could be gratified by a Robert Martin's riding about the country to get walnuts for her might very well be conquered by Mr. Elton's admiration.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
"Nuts and peanuts are high in fiber, magnesium, and polyunsaturated fats - nutrients that are beneficial for cutting cardiovascular disease risk and which can reduce cholesterol levels,” said Aune. "Some nuts, particularly walnuts and pecan nuts, are also high in antioxidants, which can fight oxidative stress and possibly reduce cancer risk.
(Daily Handful of Nuts Reduces Disease Risk, VOA)
But, half-way there, I met the London coach with Mr. and Mrs. Micawber up behind; Mr. Micawber, the very picture of tranquil enjoyment, smiling at Mrs. Micawber's conversation, eating walnuts out of a paper bag, with a bottle sticking out of his breast pocket.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The furniture once appropriated to the lower apartments had from time to time been removed here, as fashions changed: and the imperfect light entering by their narrow casement showed bedsteads of a hundred years old; chests in oak or walnut, looking, with their strange carvings of palm branches and cherubs' heads, like types of the Hebrew ark; rows of venerable chairs, high-backed and narrow; stools still more antiquated, on whose cushioned tops were yet apparent traces of half-effaced embroideries, wrought by fingers that for two generations had been coffin-dust.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The results were similar when accounting for consumption of tree nuts, peanuts and walnuts individually.
(Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated with Lower Risk of Heart Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
I did not like to leave him, under such circumstances, and we all three dined together off a beefsteak pie—which was one of the many good things for which Peggotty was famous—and which was curiously flavoured on this occasion, I recollect well, by a miscellaneous taste of tea, coffee, butter, bacon, cheese, new loaves, firewood, candles, and walnut ketchup, continually ascending from the shop.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Researchers found no evidence of an association between total nut consumption and risk of stroke, but eating peanuts and walnuts was inversely associated with the risk of stroke.
(Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated with Lower Risk of Heart Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
