WALNUT

Pronunciation (US):

• WALNUT (noun)
  The noun WALNUT has 3 senses:

1. nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell
2. hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
3. any of various trees of the genus Juglans

  Familiarity information: WALNUT used as a noun is uncommon.

• WALNUT (noun)

Meaning:

Nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("walnut" is a kind of...):

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walnut"):

black walnut (American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell)

English walnut (nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking)

Holonyms ("walnut" is a part of...):

walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)

Meaning:

Hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("walnut" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("walnut" is a substance of...):

walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)

Meaning:

Any of various trees of the genus Juglans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

walnut tree; walnut

Hypernyms ("walnut" is a kind of...):

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "walnut"):

walnut (nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell)

Meronyms (substance of "walnut"):

walnut (hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walnut"):

California black walnut; Juglans californica (medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts)

butternut; butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; white walnut (North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye)

black hickory; black walnut; black walnut tree; Juglans nigra (North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut)

Circassian walnut; English walnut; English walnut tree; Juglans regia; Persian walnut (Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated)

Holonyms ("walnut" is a member of...):

genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)