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| | vPlants - Juglans cinerea |
 | | Fruit is a nut surrounded by a husk, 4 - 8 cm long, 3 cm wide, solitary or in small clusters; husk green, lemon-shaped, sticky-haired; nut shell 3 - 6 cm long, ridged, 2-celled, containing edible, sweet, and oily kernels. |
 | | Similar Species: Juglans cinerea typically has a terminal leaflet, lemon-shaped and sticky-haired fruit, light gray bark, dark brown pith, a long terminal bud, and the leaf scar looks like a monkey's face with hairs along the upper edge. |
 | | Etymology: Juglans comes from the Latin name for walnut, which is derived from the words jovis, meaning "of Jupiter," and glans, meaning acorn. |
| www.vplants.org /pr/species/JUCI.htm (411 words) |
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