walnut

nounadjectiveattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈwɔːlnʌt//
United States//ˈwɔlnət//
United States//ˈwɔlˌnʌt//
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A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

noun

1
A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
2
A nut of the walnut tree.
3
Wood of the walnut tree.
4
Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

Etymology

From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.

adjective

1
Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.

Forms

plural: walnuts

Walls · A surname.wally · A fool.Wally · A diminutive of the male given names of Waldo, Walter,…

walnut · A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

Walnut · A number of places in the United States: A city in Los…walrus · A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled…Walsh · An Irish surname from English.

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