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butternut
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butternut: see walnut black walnut (J. nigra), found in hardwood forests in the eastern half of North America, and of the Persian, or English, walnut (J. regia), native to W Asia, is unusually hard and durable and is valued for furniture, interior paneling, gunstocks, musical instruments,
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butternut

Deciduous nut-producing tree (Juglans cinerea) of the walnut family, native to eastern North America. A mature tree has gray, deeply furrowed bark. Each leaf has 11–17 yellowish green leaflets that are hairy underneath. Chocolate-coloured partitions divide the pith of the twig into many chambers. The egg-shaped fruit has a sticky, greenish brown husk. The hard, woody nut bears many ridges and contains a sweet, oily seed. The tree is economically important for its edible nuts and for a yellow or orange dye obtained from the fruit husks. Some substances in the inner bark of the roots are used in medicines.



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As Stamp's observation unwittingly indicates, Sethe's act certainly "splits" her on some level, and, almost as if in sympathy, the stump of the butternut tree in the yard of 124 "split like a fan" at some point after the murder to mark her psychic, emotional break (258).
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Unlike black walnuts, butternut trees are short-lived and medium to small in stature.
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