juglans regia

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsEnglish walnutEnglish walnut treeCircassian walnutPersian walnut

   Broaderwalnut

   Part ofJuglans

Questions about juglans regia

What does juglans regia mean?

juglans regia means "Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated".

What is another word for juglans regia?

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

juglans regia 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.