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black walnut definition

☆ black walnut

  1. a tall walnut tree (Juglans nigra) native to E North America
  2. its hard, heavy, dark-brown wood, used in making furniture, gunstocks, etc.
  3. its edible, oily nut

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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