chestnut tree

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chestnut tree - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur chestnut chestnut - edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea Castanea, genus Castanea - chestnuts; chinkapins chestnut - wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata - large tree found from Maine to Alabama Castanea sativa, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut - wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia Castanea mollissima, Chinese chestnut - a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China Castanea crenata, Japanese chestnut - a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin - shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts Castanea ozarkensis, chinquapin, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin - shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms