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butternut
[ buht-er-nuht ]
noun
- Also called white walnut. the edible oily nut of an American tree, Juglans cinerea, of the walnut family.
- the tree itself.
- the light-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
- the light-brown color resulting from a dye made from this tree.
- U.S. History. a Confederate soldier or partisan, especially one whose uniform was dyed with an extract from this tree.
butternut
/ ˈʌəˌʌ /
noun
- a walnut tree, Juglans cinerea of E North America Compare black walnut
- the oily edible egg-shaped nut of this tree
- the hard brownish-grey wood of this tree
- the bark of this tree or an extract from it, formerly used as a laxative
- a brownish colour or dye
- short for butternut pumpkin
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of butternut1
Example Sentences
You have your leading ladies, your butternut squash, carrots and then you have the character actor that you can't look away from.
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.
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.
“We prefer pumpkin, but we like butternut, too. Or acorn. Most any kind that’s not zucchini,” says Inkling.
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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