WALNUT
Dictionary entry overview: What does walnut mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
• 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)
