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noun
- Any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia.
- synonyms: wing-nut
- A threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning.
- synonyms: wing-nut, wing screw, butterfly nut, thumbnut
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