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How to pronounce butternut in English?

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Synonyms butternut tree, juglans cinerea, white walnut
Type of walnut, walnut tree
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Type of edible nut

Examples of butternut

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I love the butternut squash, which is silken yet thick and incredibly flavorful.
From the ocregister.com
Grate raw butternut squash, or use a mandoline to cut it into paper-thin slices.
From the denverpost.com
Using a heavy chef's knife, carefully cut a butternut squash in half lengthwise.
From the post-gazette.com
Add the roasted butternut squash and the flour and stir until well incorporated.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Cooks tend to eschew pumpkin for soups, and choose the related butternut squash.
From the sfgate.com
I much prefer butternut squash, however, a crop that is available all year round.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I did enjoy the butternut squash and rosemary tart with spinach for my starter.
From the bucksfreepress.co.uk
Use a sturdy metal ice cream scoop to seed a butternut squash quickly and easily.
From the timesunion.com
In her own restaurant, the best-selling dish is a nonorganic butternut ravioli.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
  • Oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
  • Juglans cinerea, commonly known as Butternut or White Walnut, is a species of walnut native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada, from southern Quebec west to Minnesota, south to northern Alabama and southwest to northern Arkansas. It is absent from most of the Southern United States.
  • A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea, or the wood, bark, or nut of this tree; A dye made from the fruit of this tree; Butternut squash
  • This is the seed of a giant tree that grows in the Amazon jungle. The kernel of this nut is white, rich, and high in fat. Also known as "Brazil nut."
  • A slang term for a Confederate soldier; derived from the practice of dyeing homespun cloth in a mixture of walnuts and copper as to make a uniform of a brown, yellowish hue.