butternut
1. [ noun ] (botany) North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
Synonyms: white_walnut Juglans_cinerea butternut_tree
Related terms: walnut Juglans
2. [ noun ] (botany,food) oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
Related terms: edible_nut
Similar spelling:   bitternut
  butyrin
  Buitron
  bittern
  buttermilk
  Buttram