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European chestnut

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Noun1.European chestnut - wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern AsiaEuropean chestnut - wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
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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The legendary nuts harvested from the American chestnut had a superior taste and production capability over the European chestnut.
The genus castenea is found in a number of places throughout the world, and early settlers familiar with European chestnuts, or Chinese or Japanese chestnuts, were no doubt pleased to discover the native American chestnut, which provided a source of food that reminded them of home.
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