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walnut family — noun trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans • Syn: ↑Juglandaceae, ↑family Juglandaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Juglanda … Useful english dictionary
walnut family — wal′nut fam ily n. pln a family, Juglandaceae, of deciduous trees with pinnately compound alternate leaves, male flowers in catkin tassels and female flowers in clusters, and edible nuts enclosed in a thick walled husk: includes the hickory,… … From formal English to slang
walnut — [wôl′nut΄, wôl′nət] n. [ME walnot < OE walhhnutu < wealh, foreign (see WELSH) + hnutu, NUT] 1. any of a genus (Juglans) of trees of the walnut family, valued as shade trees, for their nuts, and for their wood, used in making furniture,… … English World dictionary
Walnut, California — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Walnut other name = native name = nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem size = imagesize = image… … Wikipedia
walnut — /wawl nut , neuht/, n. 1. the edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone. Cf. walnut family. 2. the tree itself. 3. the wood of such a tree. 4. Northeastern U.S. the hickory nut. 5. any of various fruits or trees… … Universalium
walnut — noun Etymology: Middle English walnot, from Old English wealhhnutu, literally, foreign nut, from Wealh Welshman, foreigner + hnutu nut more at welsh, nut Date: before 12th century 1. a. the furrowed nut of any of a genus (Juglans of the family… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Family (biology) — In biological classification, family (Latin: familia , plural familiae ) is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.: Example : Walnuts and Hickories belong to the Walnut family is a… … Wikipedia
family Juglandaceae — noun trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans • Syn: ↑Juglandaceae, ↑walnut family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Juglandales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Walnut (disambiguation) — Walnut ( Juglans ) is a genus of trees in the family Juglandaceae, (including Persian Walnut, Japanese Walnut and White Walnut) as well as the nuts growing on those types of tree, and the Walnut oil that can be produced from them, and the Walnut… … Wikipedia
Walnut Tree (disambiguation) — Walnut Tree may mean:* Walnut ( Juglans ), a genus of trees in the family Juglandaceae , as well as the nuts growing on those types of tree * African Walnut, a common name for the unrelated African tree Coula edulis in the family Olacaceae *… … Wikipedia
