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Juglans

noun

type genus of the Juglandaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Juglans

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Juglandaceae, ↑family Juglandaceae, ↑walnut family

• Member Meronyms:

↑walnut, ↑walnut tree, ↑California black walnut, ↑Juglans californica, ↑butternut, ↑butternut tree, ↑white walnut, ↑Juglans cinerea, ↑black walnut, ↑black walnut tree, ↑black hickory, ↑Juglans nigra, ↑English walnut, ↑English walnut tree, ↑Circassian walnut, ↑Persian walnut, ↑Juglans regia

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\\ˈjüˌglanz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin Jugland-, Juglans, from Latin jugland-, juglans walnut, from ju- (from Juppiter, god of the sky) + gland-, glans acorn — more at deity, gland

: a genus (the type of the family Juglandaceae) of walnut trees characterized by the separation of the pith of the branchlets into thin plates and by the indehiscent husk and furrowed shell of the fruit — see black walnut, butternut, english walnut

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Juglans /jooˈglanz/

noun

The walnut genus, giving the name to the family Juglandaceae /-glən-dāˈsi-ē/

ORIGIN: L jūglāns, from Jovis glāns Jove's acorn

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juglandaceous /-dāˈshəs/ adjective

Useful english dictionary. 2012.