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AMERICAN CHESTNUT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does American chestnut mean?

• AMERICAN CHESTNUT (noun)
The noun AMERICAN CHESTNUT has 1 sense:

1. large tree found from Maine to Alabama

Familiarity information: AMERICAN CHESTNUT used as a noun is very rare.

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• AMERICAN CHESTNUT (noun)

Sense 1

American chestnut ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Large tree found from Maine to Alabama

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American chestnut; American sweet chestnut; Castanea dentata

Hypernyms ("American chestnut" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("American chestnut" is a member of...):

Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)

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