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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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CHESTNUT definition: 1. a large tree with leaves divided into five parts and large, round nuts: 2. a large, brown nut…. Learn more.
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: 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. countable noun. A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves. Chestnut is the wood of this tree. 2. See also horse chestnut. 3. countable noun. Chestnuts are the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. You can eat chestnuts. 4. colour. Something that is chestnut is dark reddish-brown in colour.
Definition of chestnut noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of chestnut. 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. see more. noun.
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.
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 ...
CHESTNUT definition: 1. a nut that has a shiny, red-brown surface and is white inside, or the tree that produces these…. Learn more.
noun. chestnuts. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Castanea native to northern temperate regions, having alternate simple toothed leaves, and nuts that are enclosed in a prickly husk. American Heritage. The smooth-shelled, sweet, edible nut of any of a genus ( Castanea) of trees of the beech family. Webster's New World.
