SWEET CHESTNUT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia

Synonyms:

Castanea sativa; European chestnut; Spanish chestnut; sweet chestnut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sweet 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)

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