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Meanings of chestnut in English
Any north temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as Castanea sativa, which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur.
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Examples for "chestnut tree"
Examples for "chestnut tree"
1
The horse- chestnut tree in the yard is not a mockery to her.
2
Sitting upon the roots of the big chestnut tree she gazed around.
3
Galloway leaned against a chestnut tree whose trunk outspanned his narrow shoulders.
4
Near the center of the yard stood a huge, dead chestnut tree.
5
Mr. Corsan: Oh no, it's very similar to the chestnut tree blight.
Usage of chestnut in English
1
The breeze hollowed out undulations in the magnificent enormity of the chestnut-trees.
2
The matin birds began their song in the chestnut-tree near the window.
3
Jeannette declares that the chestnut days are the best in the year.
4
Because of its high initial moisture content, the chestnut is quite perishable.
5
The horse-chestnut you mention in the garden was planted by my mother.
6
The horse-chestnut tree in the yard is not a mockery to her.
7
Soon the wistaria would bloom, then the horse-chestnut; but not for her.
8
In Sicily, for example, a chestnut with a circumference of fifty metres.
9
Rush: I have been very successful with the grafting of the chestnut.
10
She was engaged at the moment in brushing his beautiful chestnut hair.
11
There they wandered content in chestnut-forests, and gathered grapes at the vintage.
12
In running over these slides, I will begin first with the chestnut.
13
The principal growth on the type is chestnut, oak, and some pine.
14
The kernel of this nut is about the size of our chestnut.
15
Some, like the chestnut and poplar, sprout profusely; others sprout very little.
16
His house is in a thick bower of evergreen and horse-chestnut trees.
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Chestnut across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common