butternutn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtənʌt/, U.S.

/ˈbədərˌnət/

Forms: see butter n.¹ and nut n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, nut n.¹

Etymology: < butter n.¹ + nut n.¹

A. n.

1. Chiefly U.S. A large oily variety of walnut which has a sweet, richly flavoured kernel, the fruit of the tree Juglans cinerea (see sense A. 2). Cf. oil-nut n. 2.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > walnut

walnutc1050

white walnut1624

butternut1670

tender-skull1691

Madeira nut1791

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > walnut > walnut-tree > types of > butter-nut or white walnut

white walnut1624

butternut1670

oil-nut1694

1670 J. Winthrop Let. 26 Aug. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 144 In the same box is also in a bag some nuts like wallnutts wch are usually called butternutts, & by some oylenutts.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. iv. 205 The Butter-nut: a Fruit growing in New England, and there so called, because the Kernel yieldeth a great quantity of a sweet Oil.

1723 C. Mather Let. 8 June in J. Jurin Corr. (1996) 174 A Parcel of those Fruits they call by the name of Butter-Nutts.

1819 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 1 362 Butternuts beginning to fall from the tree.

1882 Garden 11 Nov. 433/3 The Butter Nut..strongly resembles the Walnut both in shape and flavour.

1913 T. G. Roberts Two shall be born x. 143 Your heart is big; but your brain is no bigger than a butternut.

1976 Field & Stream Nov. 100/3 In a blender, place: 1¼ cups shelled butternuts.

2014 Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 22 Oct. b6/5 An oak-aged dry cider from heirloom apples, an aromatic brew aged with toasted butternuts, and a Granny Smith cider with organic hops.

2. Chiefly U.S. More fully butternut tree. The walnut tree producing the butternut (sense A. 1), Juglans cinerea, which is native to the eastern United States and southern Canada and has grey bark and downy yellow-green leaves. Also: the light brown wood of such a tree, frequently used in carpentry and woodwork. Cf. oil-nut n. 1.Also called white walnut.

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butternut1670

grey walnut1882

1670 J. Winthrop Let. 26 Aug. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 144 In the same box are a few branches of the butternut tree.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iv. iii. 372 A Decoction of the Barque of the Butter-Nut-Tree.

1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. III. 205 At bay St. Paul, there are two or three walnut-trees of that species which the English call butter-nut-trees.

1791 Remarks Manuf. Maple Sugar 6 Avoid..the butter-nut, chesnut, and oak;—these would either discolour the sap, or give it an improper taste.

1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 319 The dark fruit That falls from the gray butternut's long boughs.

1872 Sci. Amer. 28 Sept. 206/3 (advt.) Veneers and hardwood lumber. Butternut, French and American walnut,..etc.

1877 J. Hawthorne Garth III. x. lxxxiv. 270 Butternut trees flung their black shadows.

1922 F. E. Brooks Curculios attack Walnut & Hickory (U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. No. 1066) 2 This species appears to confine its attacks almost exclusively to our native butternut (Juglans cinerea).

1965 M. H. Wolf Anything can happen in Vermont 140 Nuts from the butternut tree and apples to be roasted over the coals.

1994 Amer. Woodworker June 14/2 Woodworkers who use butternut may be in for a rude awakening in the near future.

2006 Northern Woodlands Autumn 15/2 Ashes, butternut, and hickories bear compound leaves.

3. Chiefly U.S. A yellowish-brown colour produced by a dye made from the fruit and bark of the butternut (sense A. 2); clothing of this colour, esp. the brownish-yellow uniform worn by some Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War (1861–5). Hence also: †a Confederate soldier or supporter (obsolete). Now historical.Although some Confederate soldiers wore homespun brownish-yellow uniforms, the colour typically associated with the Confederate army is grey (see grey n. 4d).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific colour

purpureeOE

blackc1225

greyc1225

white?c1225

greena1250

yellow1368

violet1380

purplec1390

blue1480

colours1641

tawnies1809

butternut1810

subfusc1853

solid1883

Lovat1908

jungle green1946

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > yellowish brown

honey colour1571

hair-colour1615

butternut1810

cinnamon-brown1826

honey1888

cinnamon1895

walnut1895

golden oak1898

almond1923

Sahara1923

sand1923

sandalwood1926

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > naval, military, etc. > types of

regimentals1728

undress1748

regiments1759

regimental1764

dress uniform1774

kit1785

roast beef coat1802

butternut1810

frock-uniform1810

fatigue-dress1834

fatigue1836

fatigue-uniform1836

shirtsleeve order1854

grey1862

scarlet runnerc1864

square-rig1875

rig of the day1877

swagger-dress1901

trench coat1914

hospital blue1919

romper1922

suntan1937

battle-dress1938

army greens1945

mess kit1953

tiger suit1970

society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Confederate cause > support for > supporter

butternut1810

fire-eater1851

secessionist1860

confederate1861

rebel1895

reb1897

1810 Massachusetts Spy 21 Feb. He had on..two pair home-made pantaloons, the one dark-colored, the other light butternut.

1862 N.Y. Tribune 11 June We marvelled as we went by that no ambitious butternut discharged his rifle or shot-gun at the fleet as it passed.

1863 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 102 The regiments in homespun grey and ‘butternut’, that trail dustily through the high-streets to swell distant camps.

1864 Nasby Papers 20 ‘And air yoo a deserter frum a Suthrin rejyment,’ sez the benevelent old butternut.

1914 Boys' Life May 9/1 And you-all wears the old butternut, I see, to tell your army apart from t'other one, and young General Grant's army over there wears the old Yankee blue.

1951 W. Faulkner in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories of 1951 109 The white man's denim and butternut and felt and straw which they wore.

2012 R. Rash Cove vii. 81 One day three fellers came up from Marshall, outliers but wearing butternut so they could alibi their meanness.

4. The large nut-like seed of any of several South American evergreen trees of the genus Caryocar (family Caryocaraceae); esp. C. nuciferum, which is eaten as a food source and yields an oil used in cooking. Also: a tree producing such a seed. Cf. pequi n., saouari n. 1

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > other South American or West Indian fruits

mammee1587

coco-plum1699

water-sop1716

icaco1752

cherimoya1758

West India mango1774

vegetable pear1777

cinnamon apple1796

jaboticaba1824

butternut1827

Quito orange1846

Barbados-cherry1858

mountain mango1861

Suriname cherry1895

feijoa1898

acerola1954

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > butter-nut tree

piquia1625

saouari nut1806

butternut1827

1827 W. J. Hooker in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 54 Plates 2727–2728 In the fruit shops we are all familiar with a nut, known by the name of Souari..or Butter Nut.

1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 169 The wood of the Butter Nut is much used for ship-building; and an oil extracted from the nuts is greatly esteemed.

1892 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) No. 63. 75 Efforts had been made at Kew for some years to introduce the ‘butter-nut’ of British Guiana (Caryocar nuciferum) to the tropical parts of the Old World.

1963 Kew Bull. 17 262 The little known South American swarri or butter nut..is included but not the better known Brazil nut.

1984 F. Rosengarten Bk. Edible Nuts (2006) 322/1 The British often refer to the tree as ‘butternut,’ since the nuts have a high oil content.

2008 Edible (National Geographic) 241/1 The sawari nut, or butternut, is the edible, nutlike seed of a large evergreen tree that grows in rain forests in tropical northern South America.

5. More fully butternut squash. A popular pear-shaped winter squash, Cucurbita moschata, which has a yellowish-brown rind and orange flesh with a sweet, nutty taste. Also: a plant producing such a squash.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > squash

melon-pompion1577

simnel1640

squash1643

cushaw1698

simlin1775

squash-pumpkin1819

squash gourd1823

summer crookneck1832

melon pumpkin1840

bush gourd1842

crook-neck1844

Hubbard squash1868

mirliton1901

butternut pumpkin1916

buttercup1930

butternut1940

1940 Amer. Cookery Nov. 218/1 New Menus for November... Filets of Sole Florentine... Butternut Squash... Chocolate Cup Cakes.

1942 Lowell (Mass.) Sun & Citizen-Leader 17 Sept. 18/6 Best three specimens—..winter squash, John Brox; butternut squash, Harry M. Fox, W. Parker Varnum.

1960 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 3 Nov. 24/4 Acorn, butternut and Hubbard, joys to the palate, are also nuggets of nutrition.

1978 Bull. Connecticut Agric. Exper. Station No. 774 6/1 One useful space saver is planting butternut squash within rows of tomatoes.

1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 160 Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring regularly, until soft, then add the cubes of butternut and turn well in the pan for 2 minutes.

2005 Fresh Nov. 22/3 Butternut Squash is a fantastic winter vegetable and keeps for up to three months if stored in a cool, dry place.

B. adj.

Chiefly U.S. Designating a yellowish-brown colour produced by a dye made from the fruit and bark of the butternut (sense A. 2); designating clothing of this colour, esp. the brownish-yellow uniform worn by some Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War (1861–5). Cf. sense A. 3. Now historical.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > brownish grey

bice1330

butternut1772

stone-coloured1772

stone1848

ficelle-coloured1882

oatmeal1885

moleskin-coloured1903

browny-grey1905

mole-grey1906

mole1908

stony1910

taupe1911

1772 Connecticut Gaz. 27 Nov. Run away from me... Wore away a felt hat, butternut jacket,..wine colour'd woollen breeches, and blue stockings.

1802 Massachusetts Spy 17 Nov. 3/1 The stockings were changed..to a brown, or what is commonly called a butternut color.

1863 Daily News 5 Oct. The..atrocious murder of 20 fugitive negroes by guerillas wearing the butternut uniform.

1882 C. F. Woolson For the Major iii, in Harper's Mag. Dec. 104/2 He was attired in a coat of..black, with butternut trousers.

1921 Steam Shovel & Dredge June 358/1 When the former young Confederate cast aside his butternut uniform he was forced to go to work.

1959 C. Emery Portrait of Deborah i. i. 10 (stage direct.) Mrs. Sampson, conservatively attired in a Colonial butternut brown dress,..sits working at the spinning wheel.

2000 C. Adrian Gob's Grief 14 Tomo looked for Confederate spoor on the far shore, and found only a discarded butternut hat, which had a tear in the brim.

Compounds

C1.

butternut-coloured adj. of a yellowish-brown colour.Now historical with reference to the brownish-yellow uniform worn by some Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War (1861–5): see sense A. 3.

ΚΠ

1750 N.Y. Gaz. 9 Apr. Also run away with him, a Negro Man.., had on a good red great Coat, a Butter-nut coloured Coat and Jacket, with some other Cloath, besides.

1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island i. 9 His coarse butternut-coloured coat-flaps fluttering..in the breeze.

1992 P. Watkins Promise of Light (2000) 58 In front of us were hundreds and hundreds of Rebel men in their butternut-colored clothes.

C2. In names of plants. butternut squash: see sense A. 5. butternut tree: see sense A. 2.

butternut pumpkin n. chiefly Australian and New Zealand a butternut squash; = sense A. 5.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > squash

melon-pompion1577

simnel1640

squash1643

cushaw1698

simlin1775

squash-pumpkin1819

squash gourd1823

summer crookneck1832

melon pumpkin1840

bush gourd1842

crook-neck1844

Hubbard squash1868

mirliton1901

butternut pumpkin1916

buttercup1930

butternut1940

1916 Topeka (Indiana) Jrnl. 23 Mar. 1 (advt.) Butternut pumpkin and good canned apples.

1956 Victor Harbour (Austral.) Times 13 July 113 (heading) Butternut pumpkin seeds available.

1996 Spectator 9 Nov. 73/1 Shauna was interested to sample grilled kangaroo with butternut pumpkin and roasted shallots.

2008 H. Garner Spare Room (2009) 17 A small butternut pumpkin sat on the shed windowsill in what remained of the afternoon's sun.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	butternut
释义	butternutn.adj. Brit. /ˈbʌtənʌt/, U.S. /ˈbədərˌnət/ Forms: see butter n.¹ and nut n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, nut n.¹ Etymology: < butter n.¹ + nut n.¹ A. n. 1. Chiefly U.S. A large oily variety of walnut which has a sweet, richly flavoured kernel, the fruit of the tree Juglans cinerea (see sense A. 2). Cf. oil-nut n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > walnut walnutc1050 white walnut1624 butternut1670 tender-skull1691 Madeira nut1791 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > walnut > walnut-tree > types of > butter-nut or white walnut white walnut1624 butternut1670 oil-nut1694 1670 J. Winthrop Let. 26 Aug. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 144 In the same box is also in a bag some nuts like wallnutts wch are usually called butternutts, & by some oylenutts. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. iv. 205 The Butter-nut: a Fruit growing in New England, and there so called, because the Kernel yieldeth a great quantity of a sweet Oil. 1723 C. Mather Let. 8 June in J. Jurin Corr. (1996) 174 A Parcel of those Fruits they call by the name of Butter-Nutts. 1819 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 1 362 Butternuts beginning to fall from the tree. 1882 Garden 11 Nov. 433/3 The Butter Nut..strongly resembles the Walnut both in shape and flavour. 1913 T. G. Roberts Two shall be born x. 143 Your heart is big; but your brain is no bigger than a butternut. 1976 Field & Stream Nov. 100/3 In a blender, place: 1¼ cups shelled butternuts. 2014 Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 22 Oct. b6/5 An oak-aged dry cider from heirloom apples, an aromatic brew aged with toasted butternuts, and a Granny Smith cider with organic hops. 2. Chiefly U.S. More fully butternut tree. The walnut tree producing the butternut (sense A. 1), Juglans cinerea, which is native to the eastern United States and southern Canada and has grey bark and downy yellow-green leaves. Also: the light brown wood of such a tree, frequently used in carpentry and woodwork. Cf. oil-nut n. 1.Also called white walnut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > walnut > walnut-tree > types of > butter-nut or white walnut > tree producing butternut1670 grey walnut1882 1670 J. Winthrop Let. 26 Aug. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 144 In the same box are a few branches of the butternut tree. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iv. iii. 372 A Decoction of the Barque of the Butter-Nut-Tree. 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. III. 205 At bay St. Paul, there are two or three walnut-trees of that species which the English call butter-nut-trees. 1791 Remarks Manuf. Maple Sugar 6 Avoid..the butter-nut, chesnut, and oak;—these would either discolour the sap, or give it an improper taste. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 319 The dark fruit That falls from the gray butternut's long boughs. 1872 Sci. Amer. 28 Sept. 206/3 (advt.) Veneers and hardwood lumber. Butternut, French and American walnut,..etc. 1877 J. Hawthorne Garth III. x. lxxxiv. 270 Butternut trees flung their black shadows. 1922 F. E. Brooks Curculios attack Walnut & Hickory (U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. No. 1066) 2 This species appears to confine its attacks almost exclusively to our native butternut (Juglans cinerea). 1965 M. H. Wolf Anything can happen in Vermont 140 Nuts from the butternut tree and apples to be roasted over the coals. 1994 Amer. Woodworker June 14/2 Woodworkers who use butternut may be in for a rude awakening in the near future. 2006 Northern Woodlands Autumn 15/2 Ashes, butternut, and hickories bear compound leaves. 3. Chiefly U.S. A yellowish-brown colour produced by a dye made from the fruit and bark of the butternut (sense A. 2); clothing of this colour, esp. the brownish-yellow uniform worn by some Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War (1861–5). Hence also: †a Confederate soldier or supporter (obsolete). Now historical.Although some Confederate soldiers wore homespun brownish-yellow uniforms, the colour typically associated with the Confederate army is grey (see grey n. 4d). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific colour purpureeOE blackc1225 greyc1225 white?c1225 greena1250 yellow1368 violet1380 purplec1390 blue1480 colours1641 tawnies1809 butternut1810 subfusc1853 solid1883 Lovat1908 jungle green1946 the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > yellowish brown honey colour1571 hair-colour1615 butternut1810 cinnamon-brown1826 honey1888 cinnamon1895 walnut1895 golden oak1898 almond1923 Sahara1923 sand1923 sandalwood1926 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > naval, military, etc. > types of regimentals1728 undress1748 regiments1759 regimental1764 dress uniform1774 kit1785 roast beef coat1802 butternut1810 frock-uniform1810 fatigue-dress1834 fatigue1836 fatigue-uniform1836 shirtsleeve order1854 grey1862 scarlet runnerc1864 square-rig1875 rig of the day1877 swagger-dress1901 trench coat1914 hospital blue1919 romper1922 suntan1937 battle-dress1938 army greens1945 mess kit1953 tiger suit1970 society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Confederate cause > support for > supporter butternut1810 fire-eater1851 secessionist1860 confederate1861 rebel1895 reb1897 1810 Massachusetts Spy 21 Feb. He had on..two pair home-made pantaloons, the one dark-colored, the other light butternut. 1862 N.Y. Tribune 11 June We marvelled as we went by that no ambitious butternut discharged his rifle or shot-gun at the fleet as it passed. 1863 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 102 The regiments in homespun grey and ‘butternut’, that trail dustily through the high-streets to swell distant camps. 1864 Nasby Papers 20 ‘And air yoo a deserter frum a Suthrin rejyment,’ sez the benevelent old butternut. 1914 Boys' Life May 9/1 And you-all wears the old butternut, I see, to tell your army apart from t'other one, and young General Grant's army over there wears the old Yankee blue. 1951 W. Faulkner in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories of 1951 109 The white man's denim and butternut and felt and straw which they wore. 2012 R. Rash Cove vii. 81 One day three fellers came up from Marshall, outliers but wearing butternut so they could alibi their meanness. 4. The large nut-like seed of any of several South American evergreen trees of the genus Caryocar (family Caryocaraceae); esp. C. nuciferum, which is eaten as a food source and yields an oil used in cooking. Also: a tree producing such a seed. Cf. pequi n., saouari n. 1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > other South American or West Indian fruits mammee1587 coco-plum1699 water-sop1716 icaco1752 cherimoya1758 West India mango1774 vegetable pear1777 cinnamon apple1796 jaboticaba1824 butternut1827 Quito orange1846 Barbados-cherry1858 mountain mango1861 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > butter-nut tree piquia1625 saouari nut1806 butternut1827 1827 W. J. Hooker in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 54 Plates 2727–2728 In the fruit shops we are all familiar with a nut, known by the name of Souari..or Butter Nut. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 169 The wood of the Butter Nut is much used for ship-building; and an oil extracted from the nuts is greatly esteemed. 1892 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) No. 63. 75 Efforts had been made at Kew for some years to introduce the ‘butter-nut’ of British Guiana (Caryocar nuciferum) to the tropical parts of the Old World. 1963 Kew Bull. 17 262 The little known South American swarri or butter nut..is included but not the better known Brazil nut. 1984 F. Rosengarten Bk. Edible Nuts (2006) 322/1 The British often refer to the tree as ‘butternut,’ since the nuts have a high oil content. 2008 Edible (National Geographic) 241/1 The sawari nut, or butternut, is the edible, nutlike seed of a large evergreen tree that grows in rain forests in tropical northern South America. 5. More fully butternut squash. A popular pear-shaped winter squash, Cucurbita moschata, which has a yellowish-brown rind and orange flesh with a sweet, nutty taste. Also: a plant producing such a squash. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > squash melon-pompion1577 simnel1640 squash1643 cushaw1698 simlin1775 squash-pumpkin1819 squash gourd1823 summer crookneck1832 melon pumpkin1840 bush gourd1842 crook-neck1844 Hubbard squash1868 mirliton1901 butternut pumpkin1916 buttercup1930 butternut1940 1940 Amer. Cookery Nov. 218/1 New Menus for November... Filets of Sole Florentine... Butternut Squash... Chocolate Cup Cakes. 1942 Lowell (Mass.) Sun & Citizen-Leader 17 Sept. 18/6 Best three specimens—..winter squash, John Brox; butternut squash, Harry M. Fox, W. Parker Varnum. 1960 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 3 Nov. 24/4 Acorn, butternut and Hubbard, joys to the palate, are also nuggets of nutrition. 1978 Bull. Connecticut Agric. Exper. Station No. 774 6/1 One useful space saver is planting butternut squash within rows of tomatoes. 1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 160 Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring regularly, until soft, then add the cubes of butternut and turn well in the pan for 2 minutes. 2005 Fresh Nov. 22/3 Butternut Squash is a fantastic winter vegetable and keeps for up to three months if stored in a cool, dry place. B. adj. Chiefly U.S. Designating a yellowish-brown colour produced by a dye made from the fruit and bark of the butternut (sense A. 2); designating clothing of this colour, esp. the brownish-yellow uniform worn by some Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War (1861–5). Cf. sense A. 3. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > brownish grey bice1330 butternut1772 stone-coloured1772 stone1848 ficelle-coloured1882 oatmeal1885 moleskin-coloured1903 browny-grey1905 mole-grey1906 mole1908 stony1910 taupe1911 1772 Connecticut Gaz. 27 Nov. Run away from me... Wore away a felt hat, butternut jacket,..wine colour'd woollen breeches, and blue stockings. 1802 Massachusetts Spy 17 Nov. 3/1 The stockings were changed..to a brown, or what is commonly called a butternut color. 1863 Daily News 5 Oct. The..atrocious murder of 20 fugitive negroes by guerillas wearing the butternut uniform. 1882 C. F. Woolson For the Major iii, in Harper's Mag. Dec. 104/2 He was attired in a coat of..black, with butternut trousers. 1921 Steam Shovel & Dredge June 358/1 When the former young Confederate cast aside his butternut uniform he was forced to go to work. 1959 C. Emery Portrait of Deborah i. i. 10 (stage direct.) Mrs. Sampson, conservatively attired in a Colonial butternut brown dress,..sits working at the spinning wheel. 2000 C. Adrian Gob's Grief 14 Tomo looked for Confederate spoor on the far shore, and found only a discarded butternut hat, which had a tear in the brim. Compounds C1. butternut-coloured adj. of a yellowish-brown colour.Now historical with reference to the brownish-yellow uniform worn by some Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War (1861–5): see sense A. 3. ΚΠ 1750 N.Y. Gaz. 9 Apr. Also run away with him, a Negro Man.., had on a good red great Coat, a Butter-nut coloured Coat and Jacket, with some other Cloath, besides. 1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island i. 9 His coarse butternut-coloured coat-flaps fluttering..in the breeze. 1992 P. Watkins Promise of Light (2000) 58 In front of us were hundreds and hundreds of Rebel men in their butternut-colored clothes. C2. In names of plants. butternut squash: see sense A. 5. butternut tree: see sense A. 2. butternut pumpkin n. chiefly Australian and New Zealand a butternut squash; = sense A. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > squash melon-pompion1577 simnel1640 squash1643 cushaw1698 simlin1775 squash-pumpkin1819 squash gourd1823 summer crookneck1832 melon pumpkin1840 bush gourd1842 crook-neck1844 Hubbard squash1868 mirliton1901 butternut pumpkin1916 buttercup1930 butternut1940 1916 Topeka (Indiana) Jrnl. 23 Mar. 1 (advt.) Butternut pumpkin and good canned apples. 1956 Victor Harbour (Austral.) Times 13 July 113 (heading) Butternut pumpkin seeds available. 1996 Spectator 9 Nov. 73/1 Shauna was interested to sample grilled kangaroo with butternut pumpkin and roasted shallots. 2008 H. Garner Spare Room (2009) 17 A small butternut pumpkin sat on the shed windowsill in what remained of the afternoon's sun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1670
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