butternut
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- noun
- /ˈbʌtərnʌt/
- US
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nogal blanco
- The chef prepared a delicious dish using fresh butternut squash from the garden.
- butternut tree
Examples
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I feign nonchalance, hobble along the fence to behind this towering butternut tree imprisoned by sidewalk and street and block, yet another holdout among these cars and buses.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the butternut tree hangs a blade of rising moon.
Fiction book (1992) -
At the other end of the geographic scale, a single venerable butternut tree in the Hudson River city of Poughkeepsie, New York, inspired a local citizen crusade to save it from destruction at the hands of a developer.
Academic text (2004) -
An airplane buzzes overhead, hidden by branches, burrs of butternuts clustered, leaves wavering in the wind.
Fiction book (1992) -
This cabinet is made of sturdy butternut wood, giving it a beautiful finish.
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The wildlife biologist studied the habitat of the rare butternut tree to understand its ecology.
Synonyms
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A large tree that makes hard nuts and has long leaves made of many small parts
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A tree that makes nuts you can eat and strong wood for furniture
A North American tree that makes edible nuts and light brown wood used for dye
A North American tree with light brown wood, edible nuts, and shells used for dye
A North American walnut tree with light brown wood, edible nuts, and bark used to make light brown dye
Compounds
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A pale tan-skinned vegetable with sweet orange flesh and a bottle-like shape used for cooking
A North American tree that makes edible nuts and light brown wood used for dye
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word butternut comes from the two simple words butter and nut because the tree's nut has a rich, 'buttery' taste and a pale, creamy look. So the name refers to the tree and its edible nut.