Audio English.net » Dictionary » W » Wallpaper ... Wantonness

WALNUT FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

• WALNUT FAMILY (noun)
The noun WALNUT FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans

Familiarity information: WALNUT FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

• WALNUT FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

walnut family ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Juglandaceae; Juglandaceae; walnut family

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

dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "walnut family"):

genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)

Carya; genus Carya (genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China)

genus Pterocarya; Pterocarya (Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts)

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

Juglandales; order Juglandales (coextensive with the family Juglandaceae)

"Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back, that's why the cat has nine lives"
(English proverb)
"Sharing and giving are the ways of God."
(Native American proverb, Sauk)
"Tomorrow is close if you wait it."
(Arabic proverb)
"Cards play and gamblers brag."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of magnoliopsid family
Definition of genus Juglans
Definition of Carya
Definition of genus Carya
Definition of Juglandales

What other visitors were searching for:

What does walnut family mean?
Study dictionary
Walnut family meanings
Audio English words
Definition of walnut family
British accent
Proper usage and pronunciation of the word walnut family

Page delivered in 0.0548 seconds