Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Juglans, having pinnately compound leaves and fruits with a rounded sticky husk that encloses an edible seed with a hard shell, The hard, dark brown wood of any of these trees, used for gunstocks and in cabinetwork, a North American tree (Juglans nigra) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular, adjective_ Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood
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