English > Castanea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | chestnuts; chinkapins. |
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| Synonym | genus Castanea |
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| Member of | Fagaceae, family Fagaceae, beech family | chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs |
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| Members | Allegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila | shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts |
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| American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata | large tree found from Maine to Alabama |
| Chinese chestnut, Castanea mollissima | A small tree with small sweet nuts |
| Japanese chestnut, Castanea crenata | A spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk |
| Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis | shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves |
| chestnut, chestnut tree | Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn |
| Broader | hamamelid dicot genus | genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins |
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| Spanish | castanea, género castanea, genus castanea |
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| Catalan | castanea, Castanea, genus castanea |
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