butternut

butternut has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.
• n.. The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.
• n.. oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
• n.. North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye