"welshnut" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: welshnuts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English walsh-note, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “Welsh-nut”), equivalent to Welsh + nut. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|walsh-note}} Middle English walsh-note, {{inh|en|ang|wealhhnutu|lit=Welsh-nut|t=walnut}} Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “Welsh-nut”), {{af|en|Welsh|nut}} Welsh + nut Head templates: {{en-noun}} welshnut (plural welshnuts)
  1. (UK dialects, West Country, Dorset, Somerset, dated) A walnut (nut or tree). Tags: UK, West-Country, dated, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Fagales order plants, Nuts Synonyms: Welshnut, Welsh-nut

Inflected forms

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