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   Chest·nut

   /ˈCHes(t)ˌnət/

   

   noun

   • 1. a glossy brown nut that may be roasted and eaten.
   • ▪ a deep reddish-brown color: "chestnut hair"
   • ▪ a horse of a reddish-brown color, with a brown mane and tail: "a chestnut stallion"
   • 2. the large European tree that produces the edible chestnut, which develops within a bristly case, with serrated leaves and heavy timber.
   • ▪ a related tree (C. dentata), which succumbed to a fungus bark disease in the early 1900s. Once prolific in the eastern US, very few large specimens survived.
   • ▪ a related tree (C. mollissima) native to China and Korea, cultivated elsewhere for its edible nut. The flowers have a putrid odor.
   • ▪ short for horse chestnut
   • ▪ used in names of trees and plants that are related to the sweet chestnut or that produce similar nuts, e.g., water chestnut.
   • 3. a small horny patch on the inside of each of a horse's legs.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Old Englishchesten (from Old French chastaine, via Latin from Greek kastanea) + nut.

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