| 单词 | chestnut |
| 释义 | chestnut n. & adj. --n 1. a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in catkins and nuts enclosed in a spiny fruit. Also called Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut. 2. any other tree of the genus Castanea. 3. = horse chestnut. 4. (in full chestnut-wood) the heavy wood of any chestnut tree. 5. a horse of a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown colour. 6. colloq. a stale joke or anecdote. 7. a small hard patch on a horse's leg. 8. a reddish-brown colour. --adj of the colour chestnut. Phrases and idioms liver chestnut a dark kind of chestnut horse. Etymology: obs. chesten f. OF chastaine f. L castanea f. Gk kastanea |
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