Dictionary Definition
butternut
Noun
1 North American walnut tree having light-brown
wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye [syn: butternut
tree, white
walnut, Juglans
cinerea]
2 oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the
walnut family
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A North American walnut, Juglans cinerea
- The wood, bark or nut of this tree
- A dye made from the fruit of this tree
See also
Extensive Definition
Butternut has multiple meanings:
- Butternut squash, an edible winter squash.
- Butternut (tree), a type of walnut tree native to North America.
- Caryocar nuciferum, known as "butternut", a type of nut tree native to South America
- Butternut, a shade of the colour yellow associated with butternut squash
- Butternut, a regional brand of bread marketed by the Interstate Bakeries Corporation
- Butternuts, a nickname given to Confederate soldiers who wore butternut colored uniforms during the American Civil War; also a term referring to Northerners sympathetic to the South ("Copperheads").
- USS Butternut (YAG-60), a ship of the United States Navy.
- Butternut Coffee, a brand originally produced by the Paxton and Gallagher Wholesale Grocery, and later Swanson.
Butternut in geography:
- Butternut, Wisconsin, USA
- The Butternut State, Tennessee, USA
- Butternut Valley Township, Minnesota, USA
- Butternuts, New York, USA
- Ski Butternut, a ski resort in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA