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noun

Butternut n.

(Bot.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.

(Bot.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and Caryocar nuciferum, of S. America; called also Souari nut.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... devastation, hand in hand, for the moment one and the same, crossed it today as Quantrell or Kirby Smith or Nathan Bedford Forrest crossed it, sabers glittering, so many forgotten years ago. But if the men in gray and butternut raided a store or burned a tavern they thought it a mighty victory and went home rejoicing; the green invader is an occupier and colonizer, come to remain for all time, leaving no town, no road, no ...

— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore

... chosen for a dug-out, on account of the lightness of the wood, and the ease with which it can be worked. Butternut, cottonwood and whitewood, are also excellent, and indeed almost any sound log of large ...

— Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making • William Hamilton Gibson

... handed to him by the messenger, an impassive Confederate soldier in butternut gray, was from the commandant of the forces in Richmond, ordering him to report to Mr. Sefton for instructions. Here were all his apprehensions justified. The search had been made, the soldiers had gone to the cottage of Miss Grayson, the ...

— Before the Dawn - A Story of the Fall of Richmond • Joseph Alexander Altsheler

... people." And she recalled with a shudder the gnarled, horny hand which she had touched in jumping from the cart,—she had never felt anything like it; the homely speech, and the nasal twang with which it was delivered; the uncouth garb (good stout butternut homespun!) and unkempt hair and beard of the "odious old savage," as she mentally named ...

— Queen Hildegarde • Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

... his grandmother, turning her glasses upon the little boy and girl. Aunt Corinne had been inspecting them as they stood at their father's heels, and bestowing experimental smiles on them. The boy was a clear brown-eyed fellow with butternut trousers up to his arm-pits, and a wool hat all out of shape. The little girl looked red-faced and precise, the color from her lips having evidently become diluted through her skin. Over a linsey petticoat she wore a calico belted apron. The belt was as ...

— Old Caravan Days • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

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