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A mold in which pats of butter are shaped and stamped. buttermunk (but'er-mungk), n. [A variant of butter bump.] A local New England name of the night-heron, Nyctiardea grise a nævia. butternut (but'er-nut), n. 1. The fruit of Juglans cinerea, an American tree, so called from the oil it contains; also, the tree itself. The tree bears a resemblance in its general appearance to the black walnut (J. nigra ), but the fruit is long, pointed, and viscous, the nut furrowed and sharply jagged, and the wood soft but close-grained and light-colored, turning yel. low after exposure. The wood takes a fine polish, and is largely used in interior finish and in cabinet-work. The inner bark furnishes a brown dye, and is used as a mild cathartic. Also called white walnut. 2. The nut of Caryocar nuciferum, a lofty timber-tree of Guiana, natural order Ternstræma cea. The nuts have a pleasant taste, and are exported to some extent. They are also known as souari- or suwar row-nuts. 3. A name applied during the civil war in the United States to Confederate soldiers, in allusion to the coarse brown homespun cloth, dyed with butternut, often worn by them.