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WALNUT TREE

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Meaning:

Any of various trees of the genus Juglans

Synonyms:

walnut; walnut tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "walnut tree"):

walnut (nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell)

Meronyms (substance of "walnut tree"):

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 tree"):

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 tree" is a member of...):

genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)

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