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butternut

[ buht-er-nuht ]

noun

  1. Also called white walnut. the edible oily nut of an American tree, Juglans cinerea, of the walnut family.
  2. the tree itself.
  3. the light-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
  4. the light-brown color resulting from a dye made from this tree.
  5. U.S. History. a Confederate soldier or partisan, especially one whose uniform was dyed with an extract from this tree.


butternut

/ ˈʌəˌʌ /

noun

  1. a walnut tree, Juglans cinerea of E North America Compare black walnut
  2. the oily edible egg-shaped nut of this tree
  3. the hard brownish-grey wood of this tree
  4. the bark of this tree or an extract from it, formerly used as a laxative
  5. a brownish colour or dye
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of butternut1

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45; so called from the nut's oiliness
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You have your leading ladies, your butternut squash, carrots and then you have the character actor that you can't look away from.

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Mr Banks said he did not yet know if the large number of steak and ale, turkey and cranberry, and butternut squash pies were still stored in the back.

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The stolen items, which included steak and ale pies, turkey and cranberry pies and butternut squash pies, would have been enough to stock Tommy's Pie Shop for a week, according to the chef.

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“We prefer pumpkin, but we like butternut, too. Or acorn. Most any kind that’s not zucchini,” says Inkling.

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In fact, the taste was described as “almost sweet,” akin to a butternut squash mac and cheese and not the Kraft Original.

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