| English noun: wing nut | |||
| 1. | wing nut (plant) any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia | ||
| Synonyms | wing-nut | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nut tree | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Caucasian walnut, Pterocarya fraxinifolia | ||
| Member meronym | genus Pterocarya, Pterocarya | ||
| 2. | wing nut (artifact) a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning | ||
| Synonyms | butterfly nut, thumbnut, wing screw, wing-nut | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nut | ||