welshnut

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noun

A walnut (nut or tree).

OriginMiddle English walsh-note ← Old English wealhhnutu →
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Meanings

nounwelshnut (plural welshnuts)

plural welshnuts · alternative Welshnut · alternative Welsh-nut

  1. UKWest CountrydateddialectalDorset; Somerset; Dorset; SomersetA walnut (nut or tree).

    A wife, a whelp and a Welshnut tree / The more you beat 'em, the better they be.

    1912, Country Life, volume 31, page 313
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    […] Our tongues do run, O, / Enough to stun, O, / Your head wi' glee by the welshnut tree.

    1879, William Barnes, “The Welshnut Tree”, in Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, page 85

Origin

  1. Old Englishwealhhnutu“walnut”
  2. Middle Englishwalsh-note
  3. Englishwelshnut

From Middle English walsh-note, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “Welsh-nut”), equivalent to Welsh + nut.

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APA

welshnut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welshnut

MLA

“welshnut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welshnut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “welshnut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welshnut.

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