American chestnut

/əˌmɛrəkən ˌtʃɛstˈnʌt/
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Other forms: American chestnuts

Definitions of American chestnut
  1. noun
    large tree found from Maine to Alabama
    synonyms: American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata
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    type 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
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