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CASTANEA SATIVA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Castanea sativa mean?
• CASTANEA SATIVA (noun)
The noun CASTANEA SATIVA has 1 sense:
1. wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
Familiarity information: CASTANEA SATIVA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Castanea sativa; European chestnut; Spanish chestnut; sweet chestnut
Hypernyms ("Castanea sativa" is a kind of...):
chestnut; chestnut tree (any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur)
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