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Juglans regia
(gcide) | Juglandin \Jug"lan*din\, n. [L. juglans, -andis, a walnut: cf.
F. juglandine.] (Chem.)
An extractive matter contained in the juice of the green
shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia). It is used
medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye.
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(gcide) | Juglandine \Jug"lan*dine\, n.
An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut ({Juglans
regia}).
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(gcide) | Juglone \Ju"glone\, n. [L. juglans the walnut + -one.] (Chem.)
A yellow crystalline substance (C10H6O3) resembling
quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut ({Juglans
regia}); -- called also nucin. Chemically, it is
5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione.
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(gcide) | Madeira \Ma*dei"ra\, n. [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly,
wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called
because well wooded. See Matter.]
A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
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A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. --Shak.
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Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the
Juglans regia.
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(gcide) | Walnut \Wal"nut\, n. [OE. walnot, AS. wealh-hnutu a Welsh or
foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a
Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh, properly, a Celt, from the
name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae) + hnutu a nut; akin to
D. walnoot, G. walnuss, Icel. valhnot, Sw. valn["o]t, Dan
valn["o]d. See Nut, and cf. Welsh.] (Bot.)
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.
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Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England,
the name walnut is given to several species of hickory
(Carya), and their fruit.
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Ash-leaved walnut, a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native
in Transcaucasia.
Black walnut, a North American tree (Juglans nigra)
valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively
used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are
thick-shelled, and nearly globular.
English walnut, or European walnut, a tree ({Juglans
regia}), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan,
valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which
are also called Madeira nuts.
Walnut brown, a deep warm brown color, like that of the
heartwood of the black walnut.
Walnut oil, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in
cooking, making soap, etc.
White walnut, a North American tree (Juglans cinerea),
bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly
called butternuts. See Butternut.
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(wn) | Juglans regia
n 1: Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its
hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated [syn: {English
walnut}, English walnut tree, Circassian walnut,
Persian walnut, Juglans regia] |
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