HyperDic: genus_castanea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Castanea:
NOUNplantgenus Castanea, Castaneachestnuts
English > genus Castanea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningchestnuts; chinkapins.
SynonymCastanea
Member ofFagaceae, family Fagaceae, beech familychiefly monoecious trees and shrubs
MembersAllegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumilashrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentatalarge tree found from Maine to Alabama
Chinese chestnut, Castanea mollissimaA small tree with small sweet nuts
Japanese chestnut, Castanea crenataA spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk
Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensisshrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves
chestnut, chestnut treeAny of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn
Broaderhamamelid dicot genusgenus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
Spanishcastanea, género castanea, genus castanea
Catalancastanea, Castanea, genus castanea

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