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Look up: Chestnut

  1. Chestnut
    The chestnut is a tree of the order cupuliferae.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Chestnut
    Chestnut is a township in Knox County Illinois, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. chestnut
    [adj] - used of hair 2. [n] - wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea 3. [n] - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn 4. [n] - edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea 5. [n] - a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse`s leg 6. [n] - a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Chestnut
    Very durable and much like oak. Comparitavely easy to work and does not shrink much when drying.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  5. chestnut
    fruit of Trapa natans Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the glossy hard brown edible nut of the chestnut tree Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. chestnut
    Horse chestnut is a native European species which produces a pale yellowish wood sometimes with a hint of pink. It has a close, even grain and has been used over the centuries for drawer linings, turned work, carving and inlaid decoration, but it lacks durability. Sweet chestnut is light reddish-brown, sometimes used as a substitute for oak in pane ...
    Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary

  7. Chestnut
    Chest'nut (chĕs'nŭt) noun [ For chesten-nut ; Middle English chestein , chesten , chastein , chestnut, from Anglo-Saxon cisten in cisten-beám chestnut tree, influenced by Old French chastaigne , French châtaigne , both the Anglo-Saxon and the F. words coming from Latin castanea a chestnut, Greek ka`stanon , f ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/62

  8. Chestnut
    Chest'nut adjective Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/62

  9. chestnut
    A small oval or round horny structure in the skin on the inner side of the legs of the horse. Since the architecture of chestnut's varies in every individual, they may be used, like fingerprints of man, for positive identification of individuals. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. chestnut
    adjective (of hair) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; `a chestnut horse`; `chestnut hair`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. chestnut
    noun a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. chestnut
    noun edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. chestnut
    chestnut tree noun any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Chestnut
    • (n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England). • (n.) The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc. • (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. • (n.) One of the round, or oval, horn...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. chestnut
    any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea in the beech family (Fagaceae), native to temperate regions of ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/66

  16. chestnut
    chestnut, name for any species of the genus Castanea, deciduous trees of the family Fagaceae (beech or oak family) widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized by thin-shelled, sweet, edible nuts borne in a bristly bur. The common American chestnut, C. dentata, is native E o...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08117


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