资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n.
1. (Bot.) An American tree ({Juglans cinerea}) of the Walnut
family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil
contained in the latter. Sometimes called {oil nut} and
{white walnut}.
2. (Bot.) The nut of the {Caryocar butyrosum} and {C.
nuciferum}, of S. America; -- called also {Souari nut}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Juglans cinerea
n : North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and
edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye [syn: {butternut},
{butternut tree}, {white walnut}]