oil nut

2 definitions found

oil nut - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n.
     1. (Bot.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut
        family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil
        contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and
        white walnut.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and Caryocar  nuciferum
        , of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.
        [1913 Webster]

oil nut - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  oil nut
      n 1: oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood [syn: buffalo nut,
           elk nut, oil nut]