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Juglans regia definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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, Juglans regia]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Juglandin Jug"lan*din, 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Juglandine Jug"lan*dine, n. An alkaloid found in the leaves of the walnut (Juglans regia).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Juglone Ju"glone, n. [L. juglans the walnut + -one.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Madeira Ma*dei"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. A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. --Shak. Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.