butternut

1.【植】灰胡桃(树)

1.an edible nut, similar in appearance to a walnut and with a slightly sweet taste

2.a hard light-brown walnut wood.

3.a walnut tree that produces butternuts and yields butternut wood

4.a Confederate soldier in the Civil War

1.brown clothes dyed with dye made from the husks of butternuts, especially the uniforms of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War