chestnut tree

/ˌtʃɛstˈnʌt tri/

Other forms: chestnut trees

Definitions of chestnut tree

1. noun

   any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
   synonyms: chestnut

   types:

   American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata

   large tree found from Maine to Alabama

   Castanea sativa, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut

   wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia

   Castanea mollissima, Chinese chestnut

   a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China

   Castanea crenata, Japanese chestnut

   a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk

   Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin

   shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

   Castanea ozarkensis, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin

   shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms