Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun walnut

3 senses of walnut

Sense 1
walnut -- (nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell)
       => edible nut -- (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Sense 2
walnut -- (hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling)
       => wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Sense 3
walnut, walnut tree -- (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)
       => nut tree -- (tree bearing edible nuts)