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Definition of Castanea
1. Noun. Chestnuts; chinkapins.
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Beech Family, Fagaceae, Family Fagaceae
Member holonyms: Chestnut, Chestnut Tree, American Chestnut, American Sweet Chestnut, Castanea Dentata, Castanea Mollissima, Chinese Chestnut, Castanea Crenata, Japanese Chestnut, Allegheny Chinkapin, Castanea Pumila, Chinquapin, Dwarf Chestnut, Eastern Chinquapin, Castanea Ozarkensis, Chinquapin, Ozark Chinkapin, Ozark Chinquapin
Definition of Castanea
1. n. A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.
Medical Definition of Castanea
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Castanea
Literary usage of Castanea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"Official name—castanea.— United States Pharmacopoeia. Constituents.—Nothing save
common vegetable principles have as yet been detected in chestnut leaves. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Pucrasia castanea. I -J' Pucrasia castanea, Gould, PZS 1854, p. ... Whatever the
specimen he specimens of P. castanea were both in the collection of the Hon ..."
3. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"There are only two species of this tree named in our catalogues of plants—viz., the
castanea vesca, which may be said to be ..."
4. A Practical Flora for Schools and Colleges by Oliver Rivington Willis (1894)
"castanea. Tourn. (Chestnut.) Male flowers in clusters of long, slender, ...
The American tree is believed to be identical with the European castanea ..."
5. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"castanea pumila (Linn.) Mill. Nomenclature. (Sudworth. ... Its wood is nearly
similar to that of the Chinquapin castanea pumila, and is sometimes used for ..."
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