Dictionary

butternut en · NOUN

Etymology

From butter + nut.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
2. (countable, uncountable) The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
3. (countable, uncountable) The nut of this walnut tree.
4. (countable, uncountable) A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
5. (countable, uncountable) The souari nut.
6. (countable, qualifier:informal outside South Africa, uncountable) Butternut squash.
   • He made a delicious butternut soup.

Forms

Deriveds

butternut pumpkin · butternut squash

Synonyms

white walnut

Translations (16)

pl orzech szary (tree) · de Butternussbaum (tree) · es nogal blanco americano (tree) · de graue Walnuss (nut) · pqm pokanimus (nut) · de Butternuss (tree) · fr noyer à beurre (tree) · de Butternuss (nut) · fi Amerikanjalopähkinä (tree) · de grauer Walnussbaum (tree) · fr noyer cendré (tree) · chr ᎪᎯ (nut) · ko 백호두나무 (tree) · pqm pokanewimus (nut) · ko 백호두 (nut) · de Graunuss (tree)