English noun: chestnut |
1. | chestnut (plant) wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wood |
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| Substance meronym | chestnut, chestnut tree |
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2. | chestnut (plant) 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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| Synonyms | chestnut tree |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Allegheny chinkapin, American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea crenata, Castanea dentata, Castanea mollissima, Castanea ozarkensis, Castanea pumila, Castanea sativa, Chinese chestnut, chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, European chestnut, Japanese chestnut, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut |
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| Part holonym | chestnut |
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| Member meronym | Castanea, genus Castanea |
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| Substance holonym | chestnut |
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3. | chestnut (food) edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea |
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| Broader (hypernym) | edible nut |
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| Part meronym | chestnut, chestnut tree |
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4. | chestnut (attribute) the brown color of chestnuts |
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| Broader (hypernym) | brown, brownness |
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5. | chestnut (animal) a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg |
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| Broader (hypernym) | callus |
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6. | chestnut (animal) a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse |
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| Broader (hypernym) | Equus caballus, horse |
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