WALNUT, n. A tree and its fruit, of the genus Juglans. The black walnut, so called, grows in America, and is indigenous in the southern and middle states, as far north as the Hudson. That is said to be the limit of tis indigenous growth, gut when transplanted, it grows well in the eastern states. In America there are several species of hickory nut, called by this name.
WAL'NUT, n. [D. walnoot; Sax. walh, foreign, and hnuta, nut. The Germans call it wälsche nuss, Welsh nut, that is, foreign or Celtic nut.]
A tree, and its fruit, of the genus Juglans. This genus comprehends six species, of which three are natives of the United States, viz. Juglans nigra, or black walnut, J. cinerea, or butternut, and J. Fraxinifolia or ash-leaved walnut. Juglans regia, Persian walnut, is cultivated in America. J. pterocarpa grows on Mount Caucasus, and J. baccata in Jamaica and Hispaniola.
In America there are several species of Carya or hickory called by this name.
- The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus
Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known
species are all natives of the north temperate zone.