american chestnut

A·mer·i·can chest·nut

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Definitions of american chestnut words

noun american chestnut any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of the beech family, having toothed, oblong leaves and bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, and including C. dentata (American chestnut) which has been virtually destroyed by the chestnut blight, C. sativa (European chestnut) C. mollissima (Chinese chestnut) and C. crenata (Japanese chestnut) 1
noun american chestnut the edible nut of such a tree. 1
noun american chestnut the wood of any of these trees. 1
noun american chestnut any fruit or tree resembling the chestnut, as the horse chestnut. 1
noun american chestnut reddish brown. 1
noun american chestnut an old or stale joke, anecdote, etc. 1

before 1775

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An Americanism dating back to 1775-85

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