Noun butternut has 2 senses
  1. butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea - North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
    --1 is a kind of walnut, walnut tree
    --1 is a member of Juglans, genus Juglans
    --1 has parts: butternut
  2. butternut - oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
    --2 is a kind of
    edible nut
    --2 is a part of butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea
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