Oilnut

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oilnut \Oil"nut`\, n. (Bot.)
     The buffalo nut. See {Buffalo nut}, under {Buffalo}.
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     Note: The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds
           yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.


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