butternut

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
2. (countable, uncountable)The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
3. (countable, uncountable)The nut of this walnut tree.
4. (countable, uncountable)A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
5. (countable, uncountable)The souari nut.
6. (countable, uncountable)Butternut squash.

   “He made a delicious butternut soup.”

7. (US, obsolete)Southern settlers of the Ohio river basin, who used dye from the butternut tree to colour their home-made clothing

   “Yankees took to calling the Borderlanders “butternuts”—a reference to the color of their crude homespun clothes.”

8. (US, obsolete)A Confederate Southerner, or somebody who supported southern rights and slavery

   “The Illinois troops delivered a volley that sent the butternuts scampering back across the field.”