white walnut

American  

noun

1. butternut.

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white walnut British  

noun

1. another name for butternut butternut butternut butternut

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Etymology

Origin of white walnut

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Example Sentences

Available in a white, walnut or oak finish, the units can be grouped horizontally or vertically to create as much storage as needed.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021

The color scheme is mostly neutral, Silverman says — think black, white, walnut and concrete, but with playful splashes of color underneath some of those tones.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2017

Geographical Distribution of Nut Trees in Canada The chief native nut trees are the black walnut, the butternut or white walnut, the hickory, of which there are four species—the chestnut, the beechnut and the hazelnut.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 by Northern Nut Growers Association

We have a butternut that some people call the English walnut and some the white walnut.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 by Northern Nut Growers Association

For a certain Mrs. Millet he "split four hundred rails for every yard of brown jeans, dyed with white walnut bark, necessary to make a pair of trousers."

From Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Marden, Orison Swett