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| chest·nut [ chés nùt ] (plural chest·nuts) |
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1. edible nut: an edible nut that grows inside a prickly husk and has a glossy brown skin
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2. (plural chest·nuts or chest·nut) trees tree that produces chestnuts: a deciduous tree that has long toothed leaves and produces chestnuts. Native to: North America, Europe, Japan, China. Genus Castanea.
See also water chestnuthorse chestnut
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3. industry wood of chestnut tree: the coarse-grained durable wood of the chestnut tree
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4. reddish brown horse: a horse with a reddish brown color
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5. anatomy callus on horse's leg: a small hard callus found in several places on the inner surface of a horse's leg and thought to be a vestigial toe
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6. reddish brown color: a deep reddish brown color
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7. stale joke or story: a joke or story that has lost its impact through overuse
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| [Early 16th century. < obsolete chesten, via Old French chastaine< Latin castanea< Greek kastanea] |
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  chest·nut adjective |
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