SPANISH CHESTNUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish chestnut mean? 

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

1. wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANISH CHESTNUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Castanea sativa; European chestnut; Spanish chestnut; sweet chestnut

Hypernyms ("Spanish 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)

 Context examples 

Its windows opening to the ground, admitted a most refreshing view of the high woody hills behind the house, and of the beautiful oaks and Spanish chestnuts which were scattered over the intermediate lawn.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)