Helen Fenton

Butternut: Definition and part of speech

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Butternut

  1. n. The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; — called also Souari nut.
  2. n. An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; — so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Butterwort: Definition and part of speech

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Butterwort

  1. n. A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buttery: Definition and part of speech

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Buttery

  1. a. Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.
  2. n. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept.
  3. n. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.