walnut

English Thesaurus

1. nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell (noun.food)

hypernym	:	edible nut,
definition	:	a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell (noun.food)

hyponym	:	black walnut,
definition	:	American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell (noun.food)

hyponym	:	english walnut,
definition	:	nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking (noun.food)

part meronym	:	walnut, walnut tree,
definition	:	any of various trees of the genus Juglans (noun.plant)

2. any of various trees of the genus Juglans (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	nut tree,
definition	:	tree bearing edible nuts (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	california black walnut, juglans californica,
definition	:	medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	butternut, butternut tree, juglans cinerea, white walnut,
definition	:	North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	black hickory, black walnut, black walnut tree, juglans nigra,
definition	:	North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	circassian walnut, english walnut, english walnut tree, juglans regia, persian walnut,
definition	:	Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	walnut,
definition	:	nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus juglans, juglans,
definition	:	type genus of the Juglandaceae (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	walnut,
definition	:	hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling (noun.plant)

3. hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	wood,
definition	:	the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	walnut, walnut tree,
definition	:	any of various trees of the genus Juglans (noun.plant)