Meaning of Butternut | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Southern settlers of the Ohio river basin, who used dye from the butternut tree to colour their home-made clothing
   US, obsolete
2. A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
   countable, uncountable
3. A Confederate Southerner, or somebody who supported southern rights and slavery
   US, obsolete
4. The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
   countable, uncountable
5. The nut of this walnut tree.
   countable, uncountable
6. A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
   countable, uncountable
7. The souari nut.
   countable, uncountable
8. Butternut squash.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He made a delicious butternut soup.”

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

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

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