walnut family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Juglandaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having alternate, pinnately compound leaves, male flowers in tassellike catkins and female flowers in clusters, and edible nuts enclosed in a thick-walled or leathery husk, and including the butternut, hickory, pecan, and walnut.

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Example Sentences

Members of the walnut family including the hickories are especially appropriate along the highways and city streets.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 by Northern Nut Growers Association

A member of the walnut family known also as "long walnut" and as "white walnut" is the true butternut.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 by Northern Nut Growers Association

"Are there any more of the walnut family?" asked Malcolm.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman

Juglans, jōō′glanz, n. a genus of the walnut family.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The walnut family," said Miss Harson, "with the ugly name Juglandaceae, are distinguished by pinnate, or compound, leaves, which have an aromatic odor when crushed, and by blossoms in catkins.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman