Chestnut
WordNet
adjective
(1) (of hair) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
"A chestnut horse"
"Chestnut hair"
noun
(2) A dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
(3) A small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
(4) Edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
(5) Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
(6) Wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
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Etymology
Formerly , from , from , from , from .
Noun
- A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
- The nut of this tree or shrub.
- A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.
- A reddish-brown horse.
- The wood of a chestnut tree.
- (Often "old chestnut") A worn-out meme; a work so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.
- A part of a horse found on the inner leg, similar to a birthmark on a human.
Adjective
See also
- chinquapin
- chinquapin oak
- conker
- maroon
- water caltrop
- Appendix:Colours