walnut
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Etymology [edit]
Old English walhhnutu, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman, foreigner”) (whence Walloon, Welsh) + *hnutuz (whence nut). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.
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Noun [edit]
walnut (usually uncountable; plural walnuts)
- A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
- A nut of the walnut tree.
- Wood of the walnut tree.
- Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
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walnut colour:
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tree
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wood
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Adjective [edit]
walnut (not comparable)
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colour