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Amentaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Bay
adjective · 78% connection
Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Bo tree
unknown · 78% connection
The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Breadfruit
noun · 78% connection
The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Buckeye
noun · 78% connection
A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Bur fish
unknown · 78% connection
A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distendin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Burr
noun · 78% connection
Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Buttonwood
noun · 78% connection
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Castanea
noun · 78% connection
A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Catkin
noun · 78% connection
An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Chestnut
adjective · 78% connection
Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Chinquapin
noun · 78% connection
A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Cupule
noun · 78% connection
A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Cupuliferous
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, soli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Ergot
noun · 78% connection
A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Esculic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Esculin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside obtained from the Aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
Fieldfare
noun · 78% connection
a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the ba…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chestnut, tree.
