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BUTTERNUT

\bˈʌtənˌʌt], \bˈʌtənˌʌt], \b_ˈʌ_t_ə_n_ˌʌ_t]\

Definitions of BUTTERNUT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; - called also Souari nut.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; - called also Souari nut.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Juglans.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The fruit of an American tree, so called from its oily nature.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

See Juglans.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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