Meaning of CASTANEA
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| | Definition: | | [n] chestnuts; chinkapins |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Castanea |
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| | See Also: | | Allegheny chinkapin, American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, beech family, Castanea crenata, Castanea dentata, Castanea mollissima, Castanea ozarkensis, Castanea pumila, chestnut, chestnut tree, Chinese chestnut, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, Fagaceae, family Fagaceae, hamamelid dicot genus, Japanese chestnut, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cas*ta"ne*a\, n. [L., a chestnut, fr. Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut
and chinquapin.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A genus of trees typified by the common chestnut. |
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