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Definition of Chestnut

1. Noun. Wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.

2. Adjective. (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color. "Chestnut hair"

3. Noun. Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur.

4. Noun. Edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.

5. Noun. The brown color of chestnuts.

6. Noun. A small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg.

7. Noun. A dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse.

Definition of Chestnut

1. n. The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.

2. a. Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.

Definition of Chestnut

1. an edible nut [n -S]

Medical Definition of Chestnut

1. A small oval or round horny structure in the skin on the inner side of the legs of the horse. Since the architecture of chestnut's varies in every individual, they may be used, like fingerprints of man, for positive identification of individuals. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chestnut

Chester chesterfield chesterfields Chesterton Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur Chester Nimitz Chester William Nimitz chestful chestfuls

chestier chestiest chestily chesting chestnut (current term) chestnut (current term) chestnut-bark disease chestnuts chestnut blight chestnut blight

chestnut canker chestnut oak chestnut tree chests chesty chest cavity chest film chest index chest leads chest metastases with pneumothorax

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