Walnuts are edible nuts which have a wrinkled shape and a hard round shell that is light brown in colour.
...chopped walnuts.
2. variable noun
A walnut or a walnut tree is a tree on which walnuts grow.
Walnut is the wood of this tree.
The stool comes in several sizes in walnut or mahogany.
...a handsome walnut desk.
walnut in British English
(ˈwɔːlˌnʌt)
noun
1.
any juglandaceous deciduous tree of the genus Juglans, of America, SE Europe, and Asia, esp J. regia, which is native to W Asia but introduced elsewhere. They have aromatic leaves and flowers in catkins and are grown for their edible nuts and for their wood
2.
the nut of any of these trees, having a wrinkled two-lobed seed and a hard wrinkled shell
3.
the wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, panelling, etc
4.
a light yellowish-brown colour
adjective
5.
made from the wood of a walnut tree
a walnut table
6.
of the colour walnut
Word origin
Old English walh-hnutu, literally: foreign nut; compare Old French noux gauge walnut, probably translation of Vulgar Latin phrase nux gallica (unattested) Gaulish (hence, foreign) nut
walnut in American English
(ˈwɔlˌnʌt; ˈwɔlnət)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Juglans) of trees of the walnut family, valued as shade trees, for their nuts, and for their wood, used in making furniture, paneling, etc.
2.
the edible nut of any of these trees, having a two-lobed seed
3.
their wood
4.
a shade of brown characteristic of the heartwood of the black walnut
adjective
5.
designating a family (Juglandaceae, order Juglandales) of dicotyledonous trees native to thetemperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including the black walnut, English walnut, pecan, and hickory
Word origin
ME walnot < OE walhhnutu < wealh, foreign (see Welsh) + hnutu, nut