Definition

noun. 1 oily eggshaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family; 2 North American walnut tree having lightbrown wood and edible nuts; source of a lightbrown dye

Example Sentence

They used butternuts to dye their clothes brown.

Synonyms

edible nut; oily nut; walnut tree

Antonyms

leaf

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