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butternut 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˈbətərˌnət/,
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butternuts, plural;
  1. A North American walnut tree that bears oblong sticky fruits. Its light-colored, soft timber is useful primarily for making furniture and cabinetry

  2. The edible oily nut of this tree

  3. A Confederate soldier or supporter (so called because the fabric of the Confederate uniform was typically homespun and dyed with butternut extract)

  1. North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
  2. oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
  3. Juglans cinerea, commonly known as Butternut or White Walnut, is a species of walnut native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada, from southern Quebec west to Minnesota, south to northern Alabama and southwest to northern Arkansas. It is absent from most of the Southern United States.
  4. A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea, or the wood, bark, or nut of this tree; A dye made from the fruit of this tree; Butternut squash
  5. This is the seed of a giant tree that grows in the Amazon jungle. The kernel of this nut is white, rich, and high in fat. Also known as "Brazil nut."
  6. A slang term for a Confederate soldier; derived from the practice of dyeing homespun cloth in a mixture of walnuts and copper as to make a uniform of a brown, yellowish hue.
  7. Home-made dye used to color "homespun" cloth a yellow-brown color, used when imported gray cloth became scarce.  The dye was made from the husks, leaves, bark, branches and/or roots of butternut and walnut trees.  "Butternut" was also a slang term for a Confederate soldier.
  8. Squash is bottle-shaped and light orange in color, with a hard, thick skin. Its flesh is finely textured and bright orange in color. Butternut is great for purées or cooked in soups or stews.
  9. During the last century, was known as one of the “most mild and efficacious laxatives?available, and as one of the “best and safest?laxatives to be found. Today, Butternut root bark is getting a well-deserved renewal on interest in its well-documented cathartic properties. ...