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- Dictionarychestnut/ˈtʃɛs(t)nʌt/
noun
- 1. a glossy hard brown edible nut which develops within a bristly case and which may be roasted and eaten.
- 2. the large European tree that produces the edible chestnut, with serrated leaves and heavy timber.
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The meaning of CHESTNUT is any of a genus (Castanea) of trees or shrubs of the beech family; especially : an American tree (C. dentata) that was formerly a dominant or codominant member of many deciduous forests of the eastern U.S. but has now been largely eliminated by the chestnut blight and seldom grows beyond the shrub or sapling stage.
CHESTNUT definition: 1. a large tree with leaves divided into five parts and large, round nuts: 2. a large, brown nut…. Learn more.
Chestnut definition: any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of the beech family, having toothed, oblong leaves and bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, and including C. dentata(American chestnut ), which has been virtually destroyed by the chestnut blight, C. sativa(European chestnut ),C. mollissima ...
1. any N temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as C. sativa ( sweet or Spanish chestnut ), which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur. Compare horse chestnut, water chestnut, dwarf chestnut. 2. the edible nut of any of these trees. 3.
n. 1. any of several tall trees of the genus Castanea, of the beech family, bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, as C. sativa, of Europe, and C.dentata, an American tree virtually destroyed by chestnut blight. 2. the edible nut of such a tree. 3. the wood of any of these trees.
noun. /ˈtʃesnʌt/ (also chestnut tree) [countable] a large tree with spreading branches that produces smooth brown nuts inside cases that are covered with spikes. There are several types of chestnut tree. see also horse chestnut Topics Plants and trees c2. Definitions on the go.
CHESTNUT definition: 1. a nut that has a shiny, red-brown surface and is white inside, or the tree that produces these…. Learn more.
any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of the beech family, having toothed, oblong leaves and bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, and including C. dentata (American chestnut), which has been virtually destroyed by the chestnut blight, C. sativa (European chestnut), C. mollissima (Chinese chestnut), and C ...
noun. any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur. synonyms: chestnut tree. see more. noun. wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea. see more. noun. edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.
noun. /ˈtʃɛsnʌt/ (also chestnut tree) [countable] a large tree with spreading branches, that produces smooth brown nuts inside cases that are covered with spikes. There are several types of chestnut trees. see also horse chestnut. Definitions on the go.
