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SPANISH CHESTNUT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
Synonyms:
Castanea sativa; European chestnut; Spanish chestnut; sweet chestnut
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Hypernyms ("Spanish 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)