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J. cinerea is a deciduous tree growing to 30 metres (98 ft) tall, rarely more. [5] Butternut is a slow-growing species, and rarely lives longer than 75 years. It has a 40–80 cm (16–31 in) stem diameter, with light gray bark.
Walnut trees are any species of tree in the plant genus Juglans, the type genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are referred to as walnuts.All species are deciduous trees, 10–40 metres (33–131 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres (7.9–35.4 in), with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya), but not ...
The two species hybridise readily; the resulting hybrid Juglans x bixbyi (otherwise known as J. cinerea x ailantifolia or 'buartnut') is also resistant to canker and is likewise planted as a replacement for butternuts. Japanese walnut is distinguished from butternut by its larger leaves and round (not oval) nuts.
A walnut is the edible seed of any tree of the genus Juglans (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, Juglans regia. They are accessory fruit because the outer covering of the fruit is technically an involucre and thus not morphologically part of the carpel; this means it cannot be a drupe but is instead a drupe-like nut.
Butternut (tree), Juglans cinerea, a species of walnut tree commonly called a butternut tree; Butternut squash, Cucurbita moschata, an edible winter squash; USS Butternut, a 1941 ship of the United States Navy; Butternut Breads, a regional brand marketed by Flowers Foods; Butternut (people), a nineteenth century term for southern settlers of ...
Includes: pecan, brazil nut, walnut, almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, cashews. (Tanja Ivanova / Getty Images) Nuts are one of the healthiest things you can snack on.
The nine or ten genera in the family have a total of around 50 species, [3] and include the commercially important nut-producing trees walnut (Juglans), pecan (Carya illinoinensis), and hickory (Carya). The Persian walnut, Juglans regia, is one of the major nut crops of the world.
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