- Butternut
Butternut has multiple meanings:
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Butternut squash , an edible winter squash.
*Butternut (tree), a type of walnut tree native to North America.
*"Caryocar nuciferum ", known as "butternut", a type of nut tree native to South America
*Butternut, a shade of the colouryellow associated with butternut squash
*Butternut, a regional brand of bread marketed by theInterstate Bakeries Corporation
*Butternuts, a nickname given to Confederate soldiers who wore butternut colored uniforms during the American Civil War; also a term referring to Northerners sympathetic to the South ("Copperheads ").
*USS Butternut (YAG-60), a ship of the United States Navy.
*Butternut (Candy) , a defunct brand of chocolate candy bars with caramel and peanuts, made by Hollywood Brands
*Butternut Coffee , a brand originally produced by the Paxton and Gallagher Wholesale Grocery, and laterSwanson .Butternut in geography:
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Butternut, Wisconsin , USA
*The Butternut State, Tennessee, USA
*Butternut Valley Township, Minnesota , USA
*Butternuts, New York , USA
*Ski Butternut , a ski resort in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
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