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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chestnut tree (Castanea sativa) of the Mediterranean region, bearing edible nuts enclosed in a spiny bur.
- noun The nut of this tree.
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- noun A type of
deciduous tree native to Europe, Castanea sativa. - noun The edible
nuts of this tree.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
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