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black walnut
noun
: a walnut (Juglans nigra) of eastern North America with hard strong heavy dark brown wood and oily edible nuts
also
: its wood or nut
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Throughout the month, Meat Market will offer a special cocktail for $25, the Smoked Maple Pecan Old Fashioned, with a blend of bourbon, pecan, maple and black walnut bitters.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
Activities include a black walnut dice game, a natural dye workshop, tenant rights workshops, native seed processing, hikes and musical performances.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Bright colors are already starting to appear in certain tree species, like black walnuts, flowering dogwoods, red maples, and sassafras.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
Common trees in Brown County include the American beech, sugar maple, black walnut, shagbark hickory and white ash.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1610, in the meaning defined above
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“Black walnut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20walnut. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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black walnut
noun
: a walnut of eastern North America with hard strong heavy dark brown wood and oily edible nuts
also
: its wood or nut
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