Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Spanish America, a name given to various species of Juglans: in Porto Rico, to the indigenous J. Jamaicensis.

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Examples

  • He said Marais cornered an official driving the vehicle and after an exchange of words concluded by saying "driving nogal a kaffir burgemeester - a council vehicle is not a taxi."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • So I remembering learning that walnut was "nogal" ( "pecan" never came up).

    walnuts and pecans 2009

  • So I remembering learning that walnut was "nogal" ( "pecan" never came up).

    walnuts and pecans 2009

  • Just now I checked the online bilingual and monolingual dictionaries I usually use and learned that here in Mexico and in Spain "nogal" refers to the tree and the wood; the nut is "nuez" in Spain and "nuez de Castilla" in Mexico.

    walnuts and pecans 2009

  • Just now I checked the online bilingual and monolingual dictionaries I usually use and learned that here in Mexico and in Spain "nogal" refers to the tree and the wood; the nut is "nuez" in Spain and "nuez de Castilla" in Mexico.

    walnuts and pecans 2009

  • Just now I checked the online bilingual and monolingual dictionaries I usually use and learned that here in Mexico and in Spain "nogal" refers to the tree and the wood; the nut is "nuez" in Spain and "nuez de Castilla" in Mexico.

    walnuts and pecans 2009

  • Just now I checked the online bilingual and monolingual dictionaries I usually use and learned that here in Mexico and in Spain "nogal" refers to the tree and the wood; the nut is "nuez" in Spain and "nuez de Castilla" in Mexico.

    walnuts and pecans 2009

  • Just now I checked the online bilingual and monolingual dictionaries I usually use and learned that here in Mexico and in Spain "nogal" refers to the tree and the wood; the nut is "nuez" in Spain and "nuez de Castilla" in Mexico.

    walnuts and pecans 2009

  • So I remembering learning that walnut was "nogal" ( "pecan" never came up).

    walnuts and pecans 2009

  • So I remembering learning that walnut was "nogal" ( "pecan" never came up).

    walnuts and pecans 2009

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