(n.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.
(n.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.
Example Sentences:
(1) 3 Immediately sprinkle the nuts evenly across the base, then tightly pack the butternut squash wedges on top.
(2) Ideas that cater to new food trends, such as ready made “courgetti” – spaghetti made from courgettes – and “boodles” – noodles made from butternut squash – also helped attract new shoppers.
(3) For Sunday lunch I was at my daughter Annabel’s and what she’d done is cut a butternut squash in half, removed the seeds, put olive oil on top and roasted it in the oven.
(4) Toss the butternut squash wedges and onion rings in olive oil in a roasting tin, season and add the rosemary.
(5) I didn't try butternut squash until I was in my 30s, and I was close to 40 before I tasted salsify (a disappointment).
(6) Beca's cake involves butternut squash and fondant mice.
(7) I thought “This is brilliant”, because I’d long been fannying around cutting butternut squash into reams, or cutting myself while potato-peeling it.
(8) Photograph: Tamin Jones for the Guardian Serves 4, or 6-8 as part of a meal 2 tbsp vegetable oil, for frying 1 onion, chopped 2-3 cloves 3-4 cardamom pods, split 2-3 small pieces of cinnamon bark 2-3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 4cm piece of fresh ginger, grated 2 tsp ground cumin ½-1 tsp garam masala 1 butternut squash, peeled, cored and cut into 2cm cubes 570ml chicken stock 2 bay leaves 1 whole Scotch bonnet, stalk removed A small handful of coriander Grated nutmeg, for finishing Salt and black pepper 1 Gently fry the onion in a large pan with the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon until the onion softens.
(9) Butternut squash tarte tatin with feta Great served in wedges for a simple lunch or a starter.
(10) A main of white bean, fennel and celeriac stew is shared as a starter (so good we declare we could eat it for main and pudding too), but what follows – roast venison with butternut squash and chestnuts, and poached chicken with prunes and leeks – gives the stew a run for its money.
(11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pea Soup House menu Photograph: Pea Soup House Flavours start with pea soup - green for good air quality, then move to yellow butternut squash or red pepper and chilli as the air gets worse, and an eye-watering purple beetroot and horseradish flavour when the pollution is high.
(12) The Valley of the Sun’s beautiful people brunch at its restaurant, ZuZu , with its build-your-own bloody mary bar and gorgeously over-indulgent short-rib hash with butternut squash and hollandaise ($16), served in a pastel-and-citrus-hued room overlooking the pool area.
(13) No worries on that score – all meals were vegan, plentiful and delicious: “lasagne” made with layers of butternut squash, homemade soups for lunch, a sticky toffee pudding with coconut ice cream.
(14) Serves 4 pumpkin or butternut squash 1kg, peeled and seeds discarded water 2 cups cinnamon stick 1 green chillies 2 slit lengthways curry leaves 15 fenugreek seeds ¼ tsp turmeric ½ tsp sugar 2 tsp salt 1 tsp red chilli powder ½ tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp black peppercorns 8-10 garlic 3 cloves, peeled desiccated coconut 3 tbsp coconut milk 1 cup vegetable oil 2 tbsp onion 1 small, finely chopped Peel, deseed and cut the pumpkin into 1½ inch dice, place in a pot with the water, cinnamon stick, green chillies, 10 curry leaves, fenugreek seeds, turmeric, sugar, salt, red chilli powder and bring to a boil.
Walnut
Definition:
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two years after the surgery, a cystic lesion the size of a walnut was observed in the TMJ region.
(2) Put the walnuts, garlic, coriander, and onion in a food processor and grind until fine – do not pulverise into a fine powder as the stuffing should retain a nice crunch.
(3) We have evaluated the radioallergosorbent test (RAST) for the in vitro measurement of the specific IgE antibodies to nuts, including Brazil nut, almond, walnut, pecan, cashew, and the legume, peanut.
(4) This case of an intracardiac myxoma observed in a 15 year old girl had several points of interest: the mode of presentation: the clinical signs were exclusively systemic and articular; the mode of diagnosis: 2D echocardiography demonstrated an immobile, dense mass about the size of a walnut implanted on the ventricular surface of the posterior mitral leaflet along the whole of its base and seemingly adherent to the ventricular wall; the intraventricular location of the tumour (exceptionally rare) and its mitral valve origin.
(5) The rats produced IgE antibodies to each of the allergens used (maple, willow, poplar, ash, oak, sycamore, hickory, walnut, birch, and elm), yet the allergens had extremely limited cross-reactivity.
(6) Robb said some goods in the agricultural area were deemed by Korean negotiators to be “too sensitive” and the parties had made no progress on rice, walnuts and honey.
(7) 3 Heat the butter in a pan until foaming, add the walnuts, cook for 5 minutes until golden, add the demerara sugar, then cook until it has melted and coated the nuts.
(8) The effect of aqueous extract of black walnut on vascular contractility was then tested, using isolated equine digital arteries and veins.
(9) 3 Spoon into a bowl and sprinkle with the cayenne pepper and the honey-glazed walnuts, plus extra cheese if you like.
(10) There was a walnut sized mass on the right vagal nerve at just peripheral side of the recurrent nerve branch.
(11) The Walnut Creek Study in 1980 was unable to demonstrate a higher frequency of migraine headache in OC users discharged from the hospital as compared with nonusers.
(12) The Gastronomy of Italy by Anna del Conte (Pavilion) Crispy apple dumplings with walnut butter and anise cream Braeburn and granny smith apples bring flavour and texture.
(13) Porridge with blue cheese and honey-roasted walnuts Columbiahillen's porridge adapts a Transylvanian recipe, turning the decidedly non-traditional combination of blue cheese, walnuts and honey into a comforting lunch or breakfast.
(14) A walnut-sized, pedunculated papilloma was removed by transvesical extirpation.
(15) Sift over some icing sugar to lightly dust the top, then lay the walnut pieces down the centre, securing with the reserved butter icing.
(16) They grew on until reaching nearly the size of a walnut.
(17) Micropropagated shoots of three forest tree species, poplar (Populus tremula x P. alba), wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) and walnut (Juglans nigra x J. regia), were inoculated each with six different wild-type Agrobacterium strains.
(18) Spread the walnut and orange butter over the surface of the dough, then roll lengthways into a thick sausage.
(19) (NB If you can't find dried shrimp, available from oriental grocers, add fish sauce to taste – FC) Bobby Ananta, Leicester, bobbyananta.com Makes 4 large portions 1 pomelo (about 2kg) 1 cucumber 1 sour mango 1 pomegranate Juice of 2 limes Coriander leaves and fried peanuts, to serve For the bumbu rujak dressing 2 red chillies 5 tbsp palm sugar 2 tbsp caster sugar 1 tsp salt 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar 4 tbsp walnut oil Juice of 1 lime 5 dried shrimp, fried 1 Cut the peel from the pomelo and break up the flesh into large pieces with your fingers.
(20) He had large positive skin tests (scratch) to walnuts and peanuts.