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Black walnut

noun

North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut. Synonyms: black hickory, black walnut tree, Juglans nigra.

American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell.

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"Black walnut" Quotes from Famous Books

... gaping mouths of gloomy slate quarries that had long been disused, and were now half full of foul water. Around them the earth was heaped with loose fragments of rock which had evidently been detached from the principal mass and shivered to pieces in the fall. A few trees, among which were the black walnut, the slippery elm, and here and there an oak, grew among the rocks, and attested by their dwarfish stature the ungrateful soil in which they had taken root. It was not an exhilarating scene, but it was one that had a peculiar fascination ...

— Werwolves • Elliott O'Donnell

... with the adjoining one by broad, splendid black walnut staircases decked with arabesques ...

— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine

... and family attended this church during his Administration. The pew that they occupied is still preserved in its black walnut trimmings, though the rest of the sanctuary ...

— The Poets' Lincoln - Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President • Various

... College, it is customary for the new Sophomore Class to present to the Freshmen at the commencement of the first term a heavy cudgel, six feet long, of black walnut, brass bound, with a silver plate inscribed "Freshman Club." The club is given to the one who can hold it out at arm's length the longest time, and the presentation is accompanied with an address from one of the Sophomores ...

— A Collection of College Words and Customs • Benjamin Homer Hall

... got pretty close to it, he saw a hungry-looking goat apparently coming toward him, so he backed off a few yards and went for him. There was a loud crash, and when the man came out he saw a full length portrait of a goat with a heavy, black walnut frame around it, going down the street with a great deal of ...

— Remarks • Bill Nye

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