Chestnut
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Chestnut is the name for a kind of tree or the nut from the tree.
Chestnut may also be: In botany:
- American chestnut, one of the most important forest trees throughout much of the eastern United States and southeasternmost Canada
- Chestnut blight, fungal disease
- Chestnut oak, species of oak in the white oak group
- Chinese chestnut
- Castanea mollissima, species of chestnut native to China
- Sterculia monosperma, also known as Thai Chestnut
- Guiana chestnut, a name for Pachira aquatica
- Horse chestnut, member of the genus Aesculus
- Japanese chestnut, species of chestnut from Japan and South Korea
- Malabar chestnut, a name for Pachira aquatica
- Swamp chestnut oak, species of oak in the white oak section Quercus
- Sweet chestnut, species of chestnut from southeastern Europe and Asia Minor
In geography:
- Chestnut, Illinois, United States
- Chestnut Grove, North Carolina, United States
In zoology:
- Chestnut (coat), color of horse
- Chestnut (horse anatomy), on the legs of horses
- Chestnut Dunnart, dunnart that was described by Van Dyck in 1986
- Chestnut Sparrow, sparrow that likes dry savanna
- Chestnut Teal, dabbling duck found in southern Australia
- Chestnut Woodpecker, bird from South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas south to Ecuador, Bolivia and northern Brazil, and on Trinidad
- Horse-chestnut leaf miner, a moth
In other fields:
- Chestnut (color), reddish brown
- Chestnut hair, reddish brown hair
- Operation Chestnut, failed British raid by 2 Special Air Service
- Chestnut (joke), British slang for an old or stale joke
- Chestnut (music), piece of music that has been played so much that everyone has grown tired of it
People with the family name Chestnut:
- Cyrus Chestnut, jazz pianist
- Jacob Chestnut, one of the two United States Capitol Police officers killed in the line of duty on July 24, 1998
- Joey Chestnut, competitive eater from San Jose, California
- Morris Chestnut, American movie and television actor
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