black walnut

1. 1.

   North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut

   Synonymsblack walnut treeblack hickoryJuglans nigra

   Broaderwalnut

   Part ofJuglans

   Partsblack walnut
2. 2.

   American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell

   Broaderwalnut

   Part ofblack walnut

Questions about black walnut

What does black walnut mean?

black walnut means "North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for black walnut?

Close synonyms include black walnut tree, black hickory, Juglans nigra. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black walnut a common word?

black walnut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.