english walnut

1. 1.

   Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated

   SynonymsEnglish walnut treeCircassian walnutPersian walnutJuglans regia

   Broaderwalnut

   Part ofJuglans
2. 2.

   nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking

   Broaderwalnut

   Part ofEnglish walnut

Questions about english walnut

What does english walnut mean?

english walnut means "Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for english walnut?

Close synonyms include English walnut tree, Circassian walnut, Persian walnut, Juglans regia. 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 english walnut a common word?

english walnut is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.