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butternut
noun 7
Collocations
4ADJ.
cooked, delicious
VERB + BUTTERNUT
add, cut, made, roasted
BUTTERNUT + NOUN
benedito's, one-inch, soup, squash
PREP.
into
Definitions
noun
1
A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
2
The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
3
The nut of this walnut tree.
4
A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
5
The souari nut.
noun
1
Southern settlers of the Ohio river basin, who used dye from the butternut tree to colour their home-made clothing
Yankees took to calling the Borderlanders “butternuts”—a reference to the color of their crude homespun clothes.
2
A Confederate Southerner, or somebody who supported southern rights and slavery
The Illinois troops delivered a volley that sent the butternuts scampering back across the field.
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He made a delicious butternut soup.
Wiktionary02
Yankees took to calling the Borderlanders “butternuts”—a reference to the color of their crude homespun clothes.
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The Illinois troops delivered a volley that sent the butternuts scampering back across the field.
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Butternut squash is a good source of manganese, potassium, and vitamins A, C, and E.
Tatoeba · #428178905
Before it's cooked, butternut squash smells like melon.
Tatoeba · #448391106
Cut the butternut squash into one-inch cubes.
Tatoeba · #9408317Usage Notes
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