chestnut

chestnutAmerican chestnutCastanea dentata

chest·nut

C0280000 (chĕs′nŭt′, -nət)n.1. a. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Castanea native to northern temperate regions, having alternate simple toothed leaves, and nuts that are enclosed in a prickly husk.b. The often edible nut of any of these trees.c. The wood of any of these trees.2. Any of several other plants, such as the horse chestnut.3. A moderate to deep reddish brown.4. A reddish-brown horse.5. A small hard callus on the inner surface of a horse's foreleg.6. An old, frequently repeated joke, story, or song.adj. Of a moderate to deep reddish brown.

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[Earlier chesten (from Middle English chesteine, from Old French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastaneā, chestnut tree, from kastana, chestnuts; akin to Armenian kask, chestnut, both Greek and Armenian probably being of substrate origin) + nut. Noun, sense 6, perhaps in reference to unpalatability of stale chestnuts, or to the play The Broken Sword (1816) by British playwright William Dimond (c.1784-1837?), in which one character begins to tell an anecdote involving a cork oak, and another interrupts him by exclaiming Chestnut! and says that in twenty-six previous tellings of the same anecdote, the tree had been a chestnut.]

chestnut

(ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt) n1. (Plants) any N temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as C. sativa (sweet or Spanish chestnut), which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur. Compare horse chestnut, water chestnut, dwarf chestnut2. (Cookery) the edible nut of any of these trees3. (Forestry) the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc4. (Colours) a. a reddish-brown to brown colourb. (as adjective): chestnut hair. 5. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse of a yellow-brown or golden-brown colour6. (Zoology) a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg7. informal an old or stale joke[C16: from earlier chesten nut: chesten, from Old French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea]

chest•nut

(ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt, -nət)

n. 1. any of several tall trees of the genus Castanea, of the beech family, bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, as C. sativa, of Europe, and C.dentata, an American tree virtually destroyed by chestnut blight. 2. the edible nut of such a tree. 3. the wood of any of these trees. 4. any fruit or tree resembling the chestnut, as the horse chestnut. 5. reddish brown. 6. a stale joke, anecdote, etc. 7. the callosity on the inner side of a horse's leg. 8. a horse having a reddish brown or brown body with mane and tail of the same or a lighter color. adj. 9. reddish brown. [1350–1400; earlier chesten nut, Middle English chesten, Old English cysten chestnut tree (< Latin castanea < Greek kastanéa) + nut] chest′nut`ty, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chestnut - wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castaneachestnut tree, chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly burwood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly burchestnut treechestnut - edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus CastaneaCastanea, genus Castanea - chestnuts; chinkapinschestnut - wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus CastaneaAmerican chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata - large tree found from Maine to AlabamaCastanea sativa, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut - wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern AsiaCastanea mollissima, Chinese chestnut - a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and ChinaCastanea crenata, Japanese chestnut - a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunkAllegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin - shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nutsCastanea ozarkensis, chinquapin, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin - shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United Statestree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	3.	chestnut - edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castaneaedible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shellchestnut tree, chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
	4.	chestnut - the brown color of chestnutsbrown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation
	5.	chestnut - a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's legcallus - bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
	6.	chestnut - a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horseEquus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Adj.	1.	chestnut - (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

栗子栗色的栗色马陈腐的笑话

chestnut

(ˈtʃesnat) 1. a reddish-brown nut (one type being edible). 栗子 栗子2. a reddish-brown horse. 栗色馬 栗色马3. a boring old joke or story. 陳腐的笑話 陈腐的笑话 adjective of the colour of ripe chestnuts. chestnut hair. 栗色的 栗色的

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