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/ˈCHes(t)ˌnət/,
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chestnuts, plural;
  1. A glossy brown nut that may be roasted and eaten

  2. The large European tree that produces the edible chestnut, which develops within a bristly case, with serrated leaves and heavy timber

  3. A related tree (C. dentata), which succumbed to a fungus bark disease in the early 1900s. Once prolific in the eastern US, very few large specimens survived

  4. A related tree (C. mollissima) native to China and Korea, cultivated elsewhere for its edible nut. The flowers have a putrid odor

  5. Used in names of trees and plants that are related to the sweet chestnut or that produce similar nuts, e.g., water chestnut

  6. A deep reddish-brown color
    • - chestnut hair
  7. A horse of a reddish-brown color, with a brown mane and tail

  8. A small horny patch on the inside of each of a horse's legs

  1. (chestnut) wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
  2. (chestnut) (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"
  3. (chestnut) any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
  4. (chestnut) a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
  5. (chestnut) a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
  6. Chestnut (Castanea), some species called chinkapin or chinquapin, is a genus of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. – Flora of China. ...
  7. (Chestnut (colour)) Chestnut, also known as Indian red, is a color, a medium brownish shade of red, and is named after the nut of the chestnut tree. As Indian red, it is named after the red laterite soil found in India. It is thus an earth tone as well as a red. ...
  8. (Chestnut (horse)) The chestnut, also known as a night eye, is a callousity on the body of a horse or other equine, found on the inner side of the leg above the knee on the foreleg and, if present, below the hock on the hind leg.
  9. (Chestnut) The colour of a horse with a “ginger” body, mane and tail.
  10. (chestnut) American: A hardwood tree that grows in the northeastern United States; the wood is coarse in texture, moderately light and strong. It is grayish brown or brown in color. It seasons well and is easily worked with tools.
  11. (CHESTNUT) Varies from light, yellowish to dark liver color, between which comes red, gold and liver shades. A chestnut never has black points, mane or tail.
  12. (Chestnut) A color of horse, reddish brown with a similar colored mane and tail, or the bony protrusion on the inside of forearm of each foreleg.
  13. (Chestnut) (i) The small rubbery protrusion on the inside of all four legs. (ii) Reddish-brown coat color (also see Sorrel).
  14. Chestnut is very durable and similar to oak. It is sometimes used for decorative onlays.
  15. (Chestnut) This nut of the chestnut tree was once abundant in America, but most were killed by a fungus at the turn of the century. The many varieties of chestnuts can be boiled, candied, dried, preserved, pureed, roasted, or ground into flour.
  16. (Chestnut) (Europe) Several types--varies from white through to light brown. Horse Chestnut is often used for white banding strips. Width 6-12 inches.
  17. (Chestnut) A horse that could be: an orange-brown colour; such a dark brown it is nearly black; a brown-grey colour or a pale orange colour with a flaxen (white) mane and tail.
  18. (Chestnut) An old familiar favorite song.
  19. (Chestnut) Origin Vista, Calif. Wesley C. Chestnut, 1935. Seedling of Suebelle. Tree large, heavy production, fruit has withstood shipping to eastern states. Spherical, yellow-green when ripe, taste good, skin bitter. Alternate bearing.
  20. (Chestnut) Refers to both light brown color of a horse; horny growth inside and above each knee, inside kneeand below the hock
  21. (Chestnut) Usually used to describe Irish Setters and Pharaoh Hounds, the color may be described as deep, heavily saturated, reddish brown (like the nut of the same name). Color definitions may vary by breed. Always check the breed standard for the definitive color description.
  22. (Chestnut) Yellow-red, red-yellow to golden yellow horse with red main and tail
  23. (Chestnut) a reddish brown color varying from a dark liver color to coppery-gold
  24. (chestnut) A large, sweet nut of the chestnut tree. Prepared in a variety of ways after removing the shell and inner skin (not just roasted over an open fire, with Jack Frost nearby.)
  25. American chestnut has been virtually destroyed by blight.