black walnut

English

black walnut, showing leaves and ripe nuts

Noun

black walnut (countable and uncountable, plural black walnuts)

1. Juglans nigra, a tree native to eastern North America.
2. 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.

3. The wood of the aforementioned species.

Synonyms

• (Juglans nigra): eastern black walnut

Translations

Juglans nigra tree

• German: Schwarznussbaum m
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Juglans nigra nut

• German: Schwarznuss f
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Juglans nigra wood

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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