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wing-nut
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wing-nut has 2 senses
- wing-nut(n = noun.plant) wing nut - any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia; Array is a member of genus pterocarya, pterocarya
- wing-nut(n = noun.artifact) butterfly nut, thumbnut, wing nut, wing screw - a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning; Array is a kind of nut
has particulars: caucasian walnut, pterocarya fraxinifolia
is a kind of nut tree
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