'Butternut' definitions:

Definition of 'butternut'

noun

North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye [syn: butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea]

noun

Oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family

From: GCIDE

Butternut \But"ter*nut`\, n.
1. (Bot.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut. [1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and {Caryocar nuciferum}, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Souari nut \Sou*a"ri nut`\ (Bot.) The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut. [Written also sawarra nut.] [1913 Webster]

Name :

Butternut, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin

Population (2000) :

407

Housing Units (2000) :

220

Land area (2000) :

1.600841 sq. miles (4.146160 sq. km)

Water area (2000) :

0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000) :

1.600841 sq. miles (4.146160 sq. km)

FIPS code :

11525

Located within :

Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55

Location :

46.013958 N, 90.494614 W

ZIP Codes (1990) :

54514

Note :

some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.