Walnut

Definitions: Walnut

Walnut

Noun

1. Nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell.

2. Hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling.

3. Any of various trees of the genus Juglans.

Date "walnut" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream of walnuts, is an omen significant of prolific joys and favors. To dream that you crack a decayed walnut, denotes that your expectations will end in bitterness and regretable collapse. For a young woman to dream that she has walnut stain on her hands, foretells that she will see her lover turn his attention to another, and she will entertain only regrets for her past indiscreet conduct. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Food & Agriculture	A family of trees of the Order Juglandales, including walnuts and hickories. Source: European Union. (references)
	A tree of the genus Juglans, having aromatic leaves and drooping catkins, this tree produces a nut containing a wrinkled edible kernel in two halves, and enclosed in a green fruit; the timber of this tree is used in cabinetmaking. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Walnut [foreign nut ]. It comes from Persia, and is so called to distinguish it from those native to Europe, as hazel, filbert, chestnut. (Anglo-Saxon, walh, foreign; hnutu, nut.) "Some difficulty there is in cracking the name thereof. Why wallnuts, having no affinity to a wall, should be so called. The truth is, gual or wall in the old Dutch signifleth `strange' or texotic' (whence Welsh, foreigners); these nuts being no natives of England or Europe, but probably first fetched from Persia, and called by the French nux persique. "- Fuller: Worthies of England. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

(This article is about the walnut tree. For other uses see Walnut (disambiguation).)

Walnut

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Juglandales

Family: Juglandaceae

Genus: Juglans

Species

Juglans ailanthifolia Carr. - Japanese walnut
Juglans boliviana Dode - Bolivian walnut
Juglans californica S. Wats. - California walnut
Juglans cinerea L. - butternut
Juglans hindsii Jepson - N. California walnut
Juglans jamaicensis C. DC. - West Indian walnut
Juglans major Heller - Arizona black walnut
Juglans microcarpa Berl. - little walnut
Juglans neotropica Diels - Andean walnut
Juglans nigra L. - black walnut
Juglans regia L. - Common walnut, English walnut
Hybrids
Juglans X bixbyi Rehd. - Bixby walnut
Juglans X intermedia Carr. - intermediate walnut
Juglans X quadrangulata Rehd.

Reference: [1]
as of 2003-03-13

The Walnut is any tree of the genus Juglans which belong to the walnut family, or Juglandaceae. Probably the two best-known members of the walnut family are the Common or Circassian walnut, Juglans regia, native of the region from southern Europe to the Himalaya, and also known as English walnut in the United States, and the American black walnut, Juglans nigra.

These two species are important for their attractive timber. Black walnut hulls are used as a dye source, yielding a rich brown color.

The nuts of all the species named above, as well as other species, are edible, but the walnuts commonly available in stores are the common walnut. A horticultural variety selected for hardiness in temperate zones is sometimes known as the Carpathian walnut.

Synonym: Walnut

Synonym: walnut tree (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Food	Alligator pear, apple; apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	That's right, I'm gonna make you my famous walnut fig dough surprise. (Animaniacs; writing credit: Nick Dubois; Peter Hastings) Wall? Walnut tree? (It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World; writing credit: Tania Rose)
Lyrics	Met this chick named walnut whip (What's Your Flava?; performing artist: Craig David)
Movie/TV Titles	Walnut Hill Cadets (1900) The Walnut Tree (2000) Walnut Creek (1996)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Timeless Journey Told by Mr. Walnut (reference) Story of the Walnut Tree (reference) The Walnut Cookbook (reference) The Walnut Trees of Altenburg (Phoenix Fiction) (reference) Walnut Trees (Trees) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Little House on the Prairie (Christmas at Plum Creek / The Creeper of Walnut Grove) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Inside The Walnut (reference) Live at 42 Walnut Cresent [IMPORT] [LIVE] (reference) Walnut Gap (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	MALDEN DESIGNS 6286-46 4"x6" TRIBECA DARK WALNUT PICTURE FRAME (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Farberware Millennium 7-Piece Walnut Cutlery Set with Wood Block (reference) Sabatier Walnut Precision 14-Piece Stainless Steel Knife Set with Block (reference) Freud EB025 13/16" Walnut Edge Banding Tape (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Surjit Singh Toor, NRCS Soil Conservationist checks soil samples in a farmers walnut orchard near Yuba City, CA. [Slide 97CS2961].Credit: Bob Nichols.		Dr. Howard Roberts inspects buds on a young walnut tree on his southwestern Missouri tree farm.Credit: Charlie Rahm.
	Technician Jeff Nichols collects a water sample from the Walnut Creek watershed in Ames, Iowa. Samples are collected weekly form this area and surrounding watersheds to study the effects farming practices have on water quality. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..		Walnut Trees in Old Deer Creek take a turn to gold.Credit: Christine Maxa.
	Walnut Canyon National Monument.Credit: NPS.		Where will I put this walnut bureau, lady?.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Rube Goldberg views the news for his latest invention. How to crack a walnut.Credit: Library of Congress.		Walnut Street, Milford, Delaware.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Greenville, Miss., Walnut and Main Street.Credit: Library of Congress.		Walnut St. [Street], Cincinnati, Ohio.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The peach trees and the walnut groves, and the dark green patches of oranges.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The prostate is a small gland about the size of a walnut, which helps to manufacture semen. (references)
Economic History	Moldova	To date, the company has invested about USD 1.3 million in its walnut processing plant and walnut orchard, creating a vertically integrated business. (references)
	Israel	Market promotion by the California Walnut Commission demonstrates that a well-designed campaign can yield good dividends in market share and absolute quantities. (references)
	Germany	A number of U.S. associations actively promote their products in Germany, including Blue Diamond Almond Growers, California Pistachio Commission and the California Walnut Commission. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Fran Drescher	Well, I had pelvic exams. I had ultrasound. None of the ultrasounds showed a tumor the size of a walnut that was sitting in my uterus.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Walnut" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.99% of the time. "Walnut" is used about 328 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	92.99%	305	16,573
Noun (proper)	6.71%	22	74,468
Noun (common)	0.3%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	328	N/A

1. Walnut, CA (city, FIPS 83332)
Location: 34.02902 N, 117.85738 W
Population (1990): 29105 (8091 housing units)
Area: 23.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

2. Walnut, IA (city, FIPS 82065)
Location: 41.47911 N, 95.22267 W
Population (1990): 857 (344 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 51577
Country: USA

3. Walnut, IL (village, FIPS 78526)
Location: 41.55682 N, 89.59105 W
Population (1990): 1463 (594 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

4. Walnut, KS (city, FIPS 74950)
Location: 37.60031 N, 95.07449 W
Population (1990): 214 (119 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 66780
Country: USA

5. Walnut, MS (town, FIPS 77480)
Location: 34.94853 N, 88.90010 W
Population (1990): 523 (234 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 38683
Country: USA

6. Walnut, NC
Zip Code(s): 28753
Country: USA

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Expressions: Walnut

Expressions using "walnut": african walnut ♦ BLACK WALNUT ♦ black walnut tree ♦ brazilian walnut ♦ California black walnut ♦ caucasian walnut ♦ circassian walnut ♦ English walnut ♦ english walnut tree ♦ European walnut ♦ persian walnut ♦ satin walnut ♦ walnut blight ♦ Walnut Bottom ♦ walnut brown ♦ Walnut Cove ♦ walnut creek ♦ walnut family ♦ walnut furniture ♦ Walnut Grove ♦ Walnut Hill ♦ walnut ketchup ♦ walnut oil ♦ Walnut Park ♦ Walnut Ridge ♦ Walnut Shade ♦ walnut shell ♦ Walnut Springs ♦ walnut tree ♦ walnut with a hard shell ♦ walnut woodgrain finish ♦ white walnut. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "walnut": walnut-coloured, walnut-framed, walnut-like, walnut-sized, walnut-trees, walnut-veneer.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Walnut

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
walnut creek ca	1,808	walnut furniture	39
walnut creek	600	walnut grove mn	38
walnut ca	487	walnut il	37
walnut	470	walnut grove ca	37
black walnut	190	walnut creek ohio	37
walnut street theater	158	walnut hills high school	37
black walnut tree	126	walnut hollow	34
walnut tree	121	walnut ridge	33
city of walnut creek	107	8th robbins walnut	33
alltel creek pavilion walnut	94	walnut california	33
walnut creek amphitheater	80	bank creek walnut	33
walnut ridge ar	78	candied walnut	32
walnut creek california	74	walnut cove nc	31
walnut grove	65	toyota walnut creek	31
walnut city	63	walnut valley unified school district	29
walnut iowa	54	walnut ia	28
walnut creek real estate	54	walnut grove minnesota	27
walnut high school	52	walnut wood	25
walnut creek oh	46	walnut acres	25
walnut creek restaurant	40	walnut canyon	24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Walnut

Language		Translations for "walnut"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dru arre (nut tree, nutwood), arrë (nit, nut). (various references)

Arabic		‏خشب الجوز, ‏جوزي الشكل, ‏جوز (nut). (various references)

Basque		intzaur (nut). (various references)

Bulgarian		орехов, орех (nut, nut tree). (various references)

Catalan		noguera (walnut-tree). (various references)

Chinese		胡桃 , � �桃. (various references)

Cornish		knofen-frynk. (various references)

Czech		vlašský ořech, ořechové dřevo, ořech (earth-nut, Filbert, knob, nut, nut tree), ořešák. (various references)

Danish		valnød. (various references)

Dutch		walnoot (common walnut, European walnut, Persian walnut, walnut-tree), okkernoot (common walnut, European walnut, Persian walnut). (various references)

Esperanto		juglando. (various references)

Faeroese		valnøt. (various references)

Farsi		چوب گردو, گردکان , گردو, رنگ گردوءی , درخت گردو. (various references)

Finnish		saksanpähkinä (common walnut, European walnut, Persian walnut). (various references)

French		noix. (various references)

Frisian		grutte nút. (various references)

German		Walnuss, Walnuß. (various references)

Greek		καρύδι (boll, nut). (various references)

Hebrew		א�'וז�" (nut tree), א�'וז מלך, א�'וז (nut). (various references)

Hungarian		dió (nit, nut). (various references)

Irish		gallchnó. (various references)

Italian		noce (morsel in ham, nut, walnut-tree). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		胡桃 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くるみ, ウォールナット , ウォルナット . (various references)

Manx		galchro, cro frangagh. (various references)

Occitan		notz (nut). (various references)

Papago		uhpio (skunk, walnut tree). (various references)

Pig Latin		alnutway

Portuguese		noz (hazelnut, nut), nogueira (candle-nut, common walnut, European walnut, nutty, nuzzle, Persian walnut, walnut tree, walnut-tree). (various references)

Romanian		nucã (ball, cob, nut), nuc, lemn de nuc. (various references)

Romany		akhoòr. (various references)

Russian		грецкий орех, ореховый. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		poput oraha, orahov, orah (nut). (various references)

Spanish		nuez (Adam's apple, cobnut, laryngeal prominence, nut, nuts), nogal (walnut-tree). (various references)

Swedish		valnöt (common walnut, European walnut, Persian walnut). (various references)

Turkish		ceviz tahtası, ceviz ağacı, cevíz. (various references)

Turkmen		grek hozy. (various references)

Ukranian		горіхове дерево (walnut tree), волоський горіх. (various references)

Welsh		cneuen Ffrengig. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Walnut

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Juglandaceae, Juglans spp.. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Walnut

Derivations
	Words beginning with "walnut": walnuts. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Walnut" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Allnutt, Gwinnutt, wallnut, walnute, walnuty, walnutz, Walu, wellnut, Wollmuth. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Walnut"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "walnut" (pronounced wô"lnu't)
4	-l n u' t	hazelnut.
3	-n u' t	chestnut, coconut, donut, doughnut, groundnut.
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Anagrams: Walnut

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-l-n-t-u-w"
	-2 letters: aunt, lawn, luna, lunt, tuna, ulan, ulna, want, waul.
	-3 letters: alt, ant, awl, awn, lat, law, naw, nut, tan, tau, taw, tun, twa, uta, wan, wat.
	-4 letters: al, an, at, aw, la, na, nu, ta, un, ut.
	Words containing the letters "a-l-n-t-u-w"
	+1 letter: walnuts.
	+3 letters: outlawing.
	+4 letters: outbawling, outwalking, untowardly, wanderlust.
	+5 letters: outbrawling, outcrawling, unwatchable, wanderlusts.
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