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    AMERICAN SWEET CHESTNUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large tree found from Maine to Alabamaplay

    Synonyms:

    American chestnut; American sweet chestnut; Castanea dentata

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("American 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)

    Holonyms ("American sweet chestnut" is a member of...):

    Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)

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