JAPANESE CHESTNUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese chestnut mean? 

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

1. a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE CHESTNUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Castanea crenata; Japanese chestnut

Hypernyms ("Japanese 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 ("Japanese chestnut" is a member of...):

Castanea; genus Castanea (chestnuts; chinkapins)