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walnut

Genus Juglans of trees of the family Juglandaceae, closely related to hickories. Walnuts have pinnately compound leaves and nuts enclosed in a thick leathery husk. Six species, including the black walnut J. nigra and the butternut J. cinerea, are native to the USA. About 15 other species occur in South America and Eurasia. The English walnut J. regia, originally from southeastern Europe and Asia, is cultivated widely for its nut crop.

Walnut

Town in Los Angeles County, southwest California; population (1990) 29,100. It is located 32 km/20 mi east of Los Angeles city centre. Mount San Antonio College (1946) is in this growing residential suburb.

Walnut

Small town in Bureau County, north-central Illinois; population (1990) 1,500. It is located 37 km/23 mi north of Lincoln. Author Don Marquis was born here in 1878.
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