BUTTERNUT - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
Categories: Walnut, Walnut tree
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
Categories: Edible nut
Synonyms
White walnut, Juglans cinerea, Butternut, Butternut tree
🔗 Related Words
butter – A related word in the same word family.
nut – A related word in the same word family.
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Related words show how one ancient root could spawn dozens of modern meanings.