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Chestnut
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Anatomy, Beech family plants, Horses, Nuts, Soapberry family plants & Woods:
A
tree
or
shrub
of the
genus
Castanea.
●
A
nut
of this
tree
or shrub.
●
In Browns, Colors, Foods, Hair colors & Horses:
A
dark
, reddish-brown
colour
, as seen on the
fruit
of the
chestnut
tree.
●
In Hair colors:
A reddish-brown horse.
●
In Horses:
The
wood
of a
chestnut
tree.
●
An
old
joke
; a
worn-out
meme
,
phrase
,
ploy
, etc. so often
repeated
as to
have
grown
tiresome
or
ineffective
(often in the
phrase
"old chestnut").
●
In Horses:
A round or
oval
horny
plate
found on
the
inner
side
of the
leg
of a
horse
or other
animal
,
similar
to a
birthmark
on a human.
●
In British English:
The horse-chestnut.
Adj
●
In Hair colors:
Of a
deep
reddish-brown
colour
,
like that
of a chestnut.
Name
●
A surname.
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