walnut
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A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
sustantivo
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A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
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A nut of the walnut tree.
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Wood of the walnut tree.
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Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Etimología
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”.
adjetivo
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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.
Formas
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- walnuts
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