Oilnut

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of various nuts and seeds yielding oil, and the plant producing them.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under buffalo.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any nut from which oil may be commercially extracted
  • noun. The buffalo nut (nut of Pyrularia oleifera)
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  • noun. oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
  • Word Usage
    "With a stout string he drew his cannon up to the large oilnut tree, and then with a real bayonet fixed to a wooden gun, he would lie at full length under the shade, calling himself a sharpshooter guarding the cannon."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fruit  
    variant
    buffalo