SWEET CHESTNUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet chestnut mean? 

• SWEET CHESTNUT (noun)
  The noun SWEET CHESTNUT has 1 sense:

1. wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia

  Familiarity information: SWEET CHESTNUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEET CHESTNUT (noun)

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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 ("sweet chestnut" 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)