chestnut tree

1. Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn;
   Yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur (synset 112283070)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • 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, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern 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
   belongs to: castanea, genus castanea - chestnuts; chinkapins
   has: chestnut - edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
   substance holonym: chestnut - wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
   same as: chestnut

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