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PERSIAN WALNUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
Synonyms:
Circassian walnut; English walnut; English walnut tree; Juglans regia; Persian walnut
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Persian walnut" is a kind of...):
walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)
Meronyms (members of "Persian walnut"):
English walnut (nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking)
Holonyms ("Persian walnut" is a member of...):
genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)