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Definition of butternut in English: butternutnounˈbʌtənʌtˈbədərˌnət 1A North American walnut tree which is cultivated as an ornamental and also for its quality timber. 灰胡桃树 Juglans cinerea, family Juglandaceae Example sentencesExamples - Although not the largest of its kind in the U.S., the butternut is sizable at about 80 feet tall with a 16-foot circumference.
- These include oaks, hickories, buckeyes, chestnuts, butternuts, walnuts and hazels.
- The fungus Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum has ravaged butternut, or white walnut, trees.
- Where growth rings are fluted slightly, as in butternut, basswood, and sometimes black walnut, an irregular but interesting figure results.
- Local materials were used to make the stains, including walnut bark, walnut hulls, and butternut hulls.
- 1.1 The edible oily nut of the butternut.
灰胡桃 Example sentencesExamples - The butternuts that give the tree its name are also good for cooking and eating, Arch, the Cherokee artist, says.
- You get a similarly hearty feel from a butternut risotto or a butternut take on a potato gratin.
- Diners can expect butternut and sweet potato soup garnished with chopped coriander and coconut milk, followed by Cape Malay prawns.
- The butternut or American white walnut, J. cinerea, also grows in the eastern states, and also has a troublesome hard shell.
- For Soups and Sauces, Daylesford came out top with beetroot and bacon soup and commended for butternut, sage and onion soup.
2US informal, historical A US Confederate soldier or supporter (so called because the fabric of the Confederate uniform was typically homespun and dyed with butternut extract). Example sentencesExamples - The men of the 6th Wisconsin, the 95th New York, and the 14th Brooklyn would apparently qualify as also-rans despite their sacrifice as they charged the Butternuts sheltered in the Railroad Cut.
- Since, by definition, only one ‘real’ hero of Gettysburg exists, and since this paragon wore a uniform of blue, this would bar from consideration any of the butternuts contending from the other side of the field.
- Because of the commonness of such uniforms, Yankees often referred to Confederate soldiers as "butternuts."
- From that place I wrote incident after incident concerning the most inhuman barbarity that had been enacted by citizen guerrillas and butternut soldiers.
Definition of butternut in US English: butternutnounˈbədərˌnətˈbədərˌnət 1A North American walnut tree that bears oblong sticky fruits. Its light-colored, soft timber is useful primarily for making furniture and cabinetry. Juglans cinerea, family Juglandaceae Also called white walnut Example sentencesExamples - Although not the largest of its kind in the U.S., the butternut is sizable at about 80 feet tall with a 16-foot circumference.
- These include oaks, hickories, buckeyes, chestnuts, butternuts, walnuts and hazels.
- Local materials were used to make the stains, including walnut bark, walnut hulls, and butternut hulls.
- Where growth rings are fluted slightly, as in butternut, basswood, and sometimes black walnut, an irregular but interesting figure results.
- The fungus Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum has ravaged butternut, or white walnut, trees.
- 1.1 The edible oily nut of the butternut.
灰胡桃 Example sentencesExamples - The butternut or American white walnut, J. cinerea, also grows in the eastern states, and also has a troublesome hard shell.
- The butternuts that give the tree its name are also good for cooking and eating, Arch, the Cherokee artist, says.
- For Soups and Sauces, Daylesford came out top with beetroot and bacon soup and commended for butternut, sage and onion soup.
- You get a similarly hearty feel from a butternut risotto or a butternut take on a potato gratin.
- Diners can expect butternut and sweet potato soup garnished with chopped coriander and coconut milk, followed by Cape Malay prawns.
2US historical, informal A Confederate soldier or supporter (so called because the fabric of the Confederate uniform was typically homespun and dyed with butternut extract). Example sentencesExamples - From that place I wrote incident after incident concerning the most inhuman barbarity that had been enacted by citizen guerrillas and butternut soldiers.
- Because of the commonness of such uniforms, Yankees often referred to Confederate soldiers as "butternuts."
- The men of the 6th Wisconsin, the 95th New York, and the 14th Brooklyn would apparently qualify as also-rans despite their sacrifice as they charged the Butternuts sheltered in the Railroad Cut.
- Since, by definition, only one ‘real’ hero of Gettysburg exists, and since this paragon wore a uniform of blue, this would bar from consideration any of the butternuts contending from the other side of the field.
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