 chestnut |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] (color) used of hair; of a golden brown to reddish brown color | |
| Examples: | "a chestnut horse" "chestnut hair" |
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| Related terms: | chromatic | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (medicine) a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg | |
| Related terms: | callus | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (botany) any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur | |
| Synonyms: | chestnut_tree | |
| Related terms: | tree American_chestnut Chinese_chestnut Japanese_chestnut Allegheny_chinkapin Ozark_chinkapin European_chestnut Castanea | |
| 4. | [ noun ] wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea | |
| Related terms: | wood | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (botany,food) edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea | |
| Related terms: | edible_nut | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2677 | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (zoology) a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse | |
| Related terms: | horse | |
| Similar spelling: |
chest_tone chasten |
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