walnut — ONAD

walnut /ˈwôlˌnət, ˈwɔlˌnət

▸ noun

1 the large wrinkled edible seed of a deciduous tree, consisting of two halves contained within a hard shell which is enclosed in a green fruit.

2 (also walnut tree) the tall tree that produces the walnut, with compound leaves and valuable ornamental timber that is used chiefly in cabinetmaking and gunstocks.

Genus Juglans, family Juglandaceae: several species, including J. regia.

– ORIGIN late Old English walh-hnutu, from a Germanic compound meaning ‘foreign nut’.