Butternut

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
2. isim The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
3. isim The nut of this walnut tree.
4. isim A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
5. isim The souari nut.
6. isim Butternut squash.

   “He made a delicious butternut soup.”

7. isim Southern settlers of the Ohio river basin, who used dye from the butternut tree to colour their home-made clothing

   “Yankees took to calling the Borderlanders “butternuts”—a reference to the color of their crude homespun clothes.”

8. isim A Confederate Southerner, or somebody who supported southern rights and slavery

   “The Illinois troops delivered a volley that sent the butternuts scampering back across the field.”