Walnut

:This article is about the walnut tree. See also Walnut, California or Walnut, Illinois.

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Walnut, California - Walnut, Illinois

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The walnuts (genus Juglans) are plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae. They are deciduous trees, 10-40m tall, with pinnate leaves 20-90cm long, with 5-25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya) but not the hickories (Carya) in the same family.

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Plant - Juglandaceae - Deciduous - Tree - Pinnate - Pith - Wingnut - Hickories

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The 21 species in the genus range across the north temperate Old World from southeast Europe east to Japan, and more widely in the New World from southeast Canada west to California and south to Argentina. The Latin name Juglans derives from Jovis glans, "Jupiter's nuts", the nut fit for a god; throughout recorded history the walnut has widely been regarded as the best nut of any.

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Old World - Europe - Japan - New World - Canada - California - Argentina

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