CHINESE CHESTNUT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China

Synonyms:

Castanea mollissima; Chinese chestnut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Chinese 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 ("Chinese chestnut" is a member of...):

Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)

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