English walnut

plural English walnuts

1. A walnut tree of the species Juglans regia.

   Synonyms: Carpathian walnut, common walnut, Madeira walnut, Persian walnut

2. A nut of this tree.

   The English walnut is a firm, brown meat contained in a tan, oval, crinkly shell that itself is enclosed in a hard, brown husk when on the tree.

   1994 September 28, Suzanne Hamlin, “Walnuts: Good Taste, Good Fat”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022

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   The hardy Thomas strain generally reaches 65 feet, and where it has 150 growing days between frosts it produces a generous crop of nuts. Harder to crack than the English walnuts, they have a distinct flavor of their own that is excellent. The English walnut (J. regia) is sold in grocery stores.

   1970 April 5, Jacqueline H. Hunter, “Hardy Nuts to Grow in the Northeast”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2020

   A reporter from a Detroit newspaper described the tree as “most picturesque and uncanny . . . it was brilliantly lighted with many colored globes about the size of an English walnut and was turning some six times a minute in a little pine box.”

   2000 December 3, Daniel B. Schneider, “F.Y.I.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

   Synonyms: bannut