n. Any nut from which oil may be commercially extracted
n. The buffalo nut (nut of Pyrularia oleifera)
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under buffalo.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One of various nuts and seeds yielding oil, and the plant producing them.
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n. oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
Word Usage
"With a stout string he drew his cannon up to the large oilnut tree, and then with a real bayonet fixed to a wooden gun, he would lie at full length under the shade, calling himself a sharpshooter guarding the cannon."