buffalo nut

Questions about buffalo nut

What does buffalo nut mean?

buffalo nut means "oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for buffalo nut?

Close synonyms include elk nut, oil nut, rabbitwood, Pyrularia pubera. 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 buffalo nut a common word?

buffalo nut 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.