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English noun: walnut

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


Broader (hypernym)edible nut


Narrower (hyponym)black walnut, English walnut


Part meronymwalnut, walnut tree

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


Broader (hypernym)wood


Substance meronymwalnut, walnut tree

3. walnut (plant) any of various trees of the genus Juglans


Synonymswalnut tree


Broader (hypernym)nut tree


Narrower (hyponym)black hickory, black walnut, black walnut tree, butternut, butternut tree, California black walnut, Circassian walnut, English walnut, English walnut tree, Juglans californica, Juglans cinerea, Juglans nigra, Juglans regia, Persian walnut, white walnut


Part holonymwalnut


Member meronymgenus Juglans, Juglans


Substance holonymwalnut









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