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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England, the name walnut is given to several species of hickory ({Carya}), and their fruit. {Ash-leaved walnut}, a tree ({Juglans fraxinifolia}), native in Transcaucasia {Black walnut}, a North American tree ({J. nigra}) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular. {English}, or {European}, {walnut}, a tree ({J. regia}), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan, valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also called Madeira nuts. {Walnut brown}, a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut. {Walnut oil}, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in cooking, making soap, etc {White walnut}, a North American tree ({J. cinerea}), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called butternuts. See {Butternut}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: European \Eu`ro*pe"an\, a. [L. europeaus Gr ?, fr Gr ? (L. europa.)] Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. {On the European plan}, having rooms to let and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: European \Eu`ro*pe"an\, n. A native or an inhabitant of Europe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: European adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe; "European Community" [syn: {European}] n : a native or inhabitant of Europe [syn: {European}]
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