black walnut
English
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Noun
black walnut (countable and uncountable, plural black walnuts)
- Juglans nigra, a tree native to eastern North America.
- The nuts of the aforementioned tree.
- 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 130:
- BLACK WALNUT SANDWICH: Between thin slices of lightly buttered brown bread spread black walnut meats chopped rather fine. Nice to serve with hot chocolate.
- The wood of the aforementioned species.
Synonyms
- (Juglans nigra): eastern black walnut
Translations
Juglans nigra tree
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Juglans nigra nut
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Juglans nigra wood
Further reading
black walnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Juglans nigra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Juglans nigra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- black walnut at USDA Plants database