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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 small genus (Castanea) of deciduous trees or shrubs of the beech family that are found in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere and produce a small round fruit having a prickly outer husk and containing one to seven edible nuts; especially : a North American tree (C. dentata) that was formerly a ...
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.
CHESTNUT meaning: 1. a large tree with leaves divided into five parts and large, round nuts: 2. a large, brown nut…. Learn more.
A chestnut is a kind of tree; it's also the name of the nuts it grows and the dark brown color of their shells. So you could theoretically climb a chestnut and pick a chestnut -colored chestnut! American chestnuts, which were once abundant in the northeastern U.S., are essentially extinct today.
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.
Definition of chestnut noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and 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. Similar definitions
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CHESTNUT definition: 1. a nut that has a shiny, red-brown surface and is white inside, or the tree that produces these…. Learn more.
