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Found 6 hits - Term: juglans regia, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
juglandin \jug"landin\, n. l. juglans, -andis, a walnut: cf.
   f. juglandine. chem.
   an extractive matter contained in the juice of the green
   shucks of the walnut juglans regia. it is used
   medicinally as an alterative, and also as a black hair dye.
   1913 webster
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juglans regia 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
juglandine \jug"landine\, n.
   an alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut juglans
   regia.
   1913 webster
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juglans regia 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
juglone \ju"glone\, n. l. juglans the walnut + -one. chem.
   a yellow crystalline substance c10h6o3 resembling
   quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut juglans
   regia; -- called also nucin. chemically, it is
   5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione.
   1913 webster
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c10h6o3 juglans regia nucin 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
madeira \madei"ra\, n. pg., the island madeira, properly,
   wood, fr. l. materia stuff, wood. the island was so called
   because well wooded. see matter.
   a rich wine made on the island of madeira.
   1913 webster

         a cup of madeira, and a cold capon's leg. --shak.
   1913 webster

   madeira nut bot., the european walnut; the nut of the
      juglans regia.
      1913 webster
see also:
matter madeira nut juglans regia 
[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
walnut \wal"nut\, n. oe. walnot, as. wealh-hnutu a welsh or
   foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a
   welshman, celt akin to ohg. walh, properly, a celt, from the
   name of a celtic tribe, in l. volcae + hnutu a nut; akin to
   d. walnoot, g. walnuss, icel. valhnot, sw. valn"ot, dan
   valn"od. see nut, and cf. welsh. bot.
   the fruit or nut of any tree of the genus juglans; also,
   the tree, and its timber. the seven or eight known species
   are all natives of the north temperate zone.
   1913 webster
   1913 webster

   note: in some parts of america, especially in new england,
         the name walnut is given to several species of hickory
         carya, and their fruit.
         1913 webster

   ash-leaved walnut, a tree juglans fraxinifolia, native
      in transcaucasia.

   black walnut, a north american tree juglans nigra
      valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively
      used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. the nuts are
      thick-shelled, and nearly globular.

   english walnut, or european walnut, a tree juglans
      regia, native of asia from the caucasus to japan,
      valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which
      are also called madeira nuts.

   walnut brown, a deep warm brown color, like that of the
      heartwood of the black walnut.

   walnut oil, oil extracted from walnut meats. it is used in
      cooking, making soap, etc.

   white walnut, a north american tree juglans cinerea,
      bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly
      called butternuts. see butternut.
      1913 webster
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nut welsh juglans carya ash-leaved walnut juglans fraxinifolia 
black walnut juglans nigra english walnut european walnut juglans regia 
madeira nuts walnut brown walnut oil white walnut juglans cinerea 
butternuts butternut 
[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
juglans regia
     n : eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard
         richly figured wood; widely cultivated syn: english
         walnut, english walnut tree, circassian walnut, persian
         walnut
see also:
english walnut english walnut tree circassian walnut persian walnut 

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