Defenition of the word chestnut
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Defenition of the word chestnut
- Any north temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as Castanea sativa, which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur.
- The nut of the chestnut tree.
- used of hair; of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"
- a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
- a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
- edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
- wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
- any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
- a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse''s leg
- the brown color of chestnuts
- (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
Synonyms for the word chestnut
Similar words in the chestnut
Meronymys for the word chestnut
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- Castanea
- chestnut
- chestnut tree
- genus Castanea
Hyponyms for the word chestnut
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- Allegheny chinkapin
- American chestnut
- American sweet chestnut
- Castanea crenata
- Castanea dentata
- Castanea mollissima
- Castanea ozarkensis
- Castanea pumila
- Castanea sativa
- Chinese chestnut
- chinquapin
- dwarf chestnut
- eastern chinquapin
- European chestnut
- Japanese chestnut
- Ozark chinkapin
- Ozark chinquapin
- Spanish chestnut
- sweet chestnut
Hypernyms for the word chestnut
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- brown
- brownness
- callus
- edible nut
- Equus caballus
- horse
- surname
- tree
- wood
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