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Spanish chestnut

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Spanish chestnut
n. In both senses also called marron.
1. A deciduous Mediterranean tree (Castanea sativa) bearing edible nuts enclosed in a spiny bur.
2. The nut of this tree.
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Noun1.Spanish chestnut - wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern AsiaSpanish 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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Its windows opening to the ground, admitted a most refreshing view of the high woody hills behind the house, and of the beautiful oaks and Spanish chestnuts which were scattered over the intermediate lawn.
 
 
 
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