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AMERICAN SWEET CHESTNUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tree found from Maine to Alabama
Synonyms:
American chestnut; American sweet chestnut; Castanea dentata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American 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)
Holonyms ("American sweet chestnut" is a member of...):
Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)