OAK CHESTNUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oak chestnut mean? 

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

1. a tree of the genus Castanopsis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OAK CHESTNUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tree of the genus Castanopsis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("oak chestnut" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("oak chestnut" is a member of...):

Castanopsis; genus Castanopsis (evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand)