American chestnut

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American chestnut

An eastern North American deciduous tree (Castanea dentata), once valuable for its timber and nuts but now found mostly as sprouts from old stumps, the aboveground parts having died from chestnut blight.

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American chestnut - large tree found from Maine to Alabama

American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata

Castanea, genus Castanea - chestnuts; chinkapins

chestnut tree, chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur

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American sweet chestnut blight Castanea Castanea dentata chestnut chestnut blight chestnut canker chestnut oak chestnut tree chestnut-bark disease genus Castanea			Yesterday, as the Massachusetts and Rhode Island chapters of The American Chestnut Foundation met in the city, some of the discussion centered on whether a blight-resistant tree the group is working on might be a good fit for the spots where so many trees were destroyed by the Asian longhorned beetle. Fans hope to bring back the old chestnuts by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) Maybe no "perfect" tree exists, but the American chestnut came close. Carroll County chestnut project by Horton, Tom / American Forests A June study from Purdue University shows that a new American chestnut hybrid would not only bring back the near-extinct tree, but also act as a sponge for greenhouse gases. Updates by World Watch			American angelica tree American antelope American arborvitae American arrowroot American aspen American badger American Baptist Convention American barberry American basswood American Beauty American beech American bison American bittern American bittersweet American black bear American blight American bog asphodel American brooklime American buffalo American bugbane American calumba American capital American centaury American chameleon American cheese American chestnut American Civil War American cloth American cockroach American columbo American coot American copper American cowslip American crab apple American cranberry American cranberry bush American crayfish American creeper American cress American crow American Curl American dewberry American dog tick American dog violet American dogwood American dream American dwarf birch American eagle American egret American elder American elk			American chameleon American chameleon American chameleon American chameleons American chameleons American chameleons American Championship Wrestling American Chapter of the Chin Knights American Chapter of the Indian Physics Association American Charities for Reasonable Fundraising Regulation American Chartered Institute of Human Capital Development American Checker Federation American Checkered Giant Rabbit Club American Cheer Elite American Cheerleaders Association American Cheerleading Academy American cheese American Cheese Society American Chemical Society American Chemical Society Student Affiliates American Chemical, Inc. American Chemistry Council American Chemistry Council Acetone Panel American Chemistry Council Ethylene Glycol Ethers Panel American Chemistry Council Panel American cherry laurel American Chesapeake Club Charitable Trust American Chess Association American chestnut American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation American Chestnut Foundation American Chestnut Land Trust American Cheviot Sheep Society American Chicle Company American Child Photographers Charity Guild American Children's Stories on Television American Children's Television Festival American Chinese Culture Exchange Center American Chinese Martial Arts Federation American Chinese Pharmaceutical Association American Chinese Professionals Association American Chinese School of Great Detroit American Chinkapin American Chinquapin American Chiropractic Association American Chiropractic Association American Chiropractic Board of Nutrition American Chiropractic Board of Radiology American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians American Chiropractic College of Radiology American Chiropractic Neurology Board, Inc. American Chiropractic Registry of Radiologic Technologists American Choppers American Choral Directors Association

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