Found 2 items, similar to butternut.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: butternut butternut n 1: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye [syn: butternut tree , white walnut, Juglans cinerea] 2: oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
English → English (gcide) Definition: butternut Souari nut \Sou*a"ri nut`\ (Bot.) The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut. [Written also sawarra nut.] [1913 Webster]