Get unique objects from array based on single attribute

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Let's say we have the following:

node[1].name = "apple";
node[1].color = "red";
node[2].name = "cherry";
node[2].color = "red";
node[3].name = "apple";
node[3].color = "green";
node[4].name = "orange";
node[4].color = "orange;

if I use jQuery.unique(node) I will get all the original nodes because they all have a different name OR color. What I want to do is only get the nodes with a unique name, which should return

node[1] (apple)
node[2] (cherry)
node[4] (orange)

It should not return 3 because it is the same fruit, even though we have green and red apples.

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