Phrase Hound found 58 phrases and 2 compound words that contain chestnut. The most common are listed below. Open chestnut in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 58
- chestnut treeA tree that bears chestnuts; a tree of the genus Castanea
- horse chestnutAny of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.
- water chestnutChinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.
- Spanish chestnutCastanea sativa, a deciduous tree with edible deep brown nutlike fruits. The fruits have a little white, fluffy tail.
- sweet chestnutA type of deciduous tree native to Europe, Castanea sativa.
- chestnut muniaLonchura atricapilla, a bird of the passerine family Estrildidae, of southern and eastern Asia.
- Tahitian chestnutA tropical tree native from Malaysia across the southern Pacific (Inocarpus fagifer).
- chestnut-eared buntingEmberiza fucata, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
- chestnut-backed antshrikeA passerine bird of the antbird family (Thamnophilus palliatus, syn. Lanius palliatus)
- chestnut tealAnas castanea, a dabbling duck found in southern Australia.
- Cape chestnutAn African flowering tree often planted as an ornamental (Calodendrum capense)
- chestnut-backed chickadeeA small bird of species Poecile rufescens, in the tit family (Paridae).
- Chestnut HillA number of places in the United States:
- old chestnutA well-worn story.
- chestnut railA bird from the family Rallidae, Eulabeornis castaneoventris.
- earth-chestnutSynonym of kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum
- American chestnutA large tree native to eastern North America, Castanea dentata, that was almost wiped out in its native range by the chestnut blight.
- chestnut brownSynonym of chestnut (“dull shade of reddish-brown”)
- chestnut oakA species of oak tree native to the eastern USA (Quercus montana, syn. Quercus prinus).
- chestnut roseSynonym of burr rose: A wild rose native to the Himalayas and Eastern China, Rosa roxburghii.
- European chestnutSynonym of Spanish chestnut: Castanea sativa, a deciduous tree with edible deep brown nutlike fruits. The fruits have a little white, fluffy tail.
- Japanese chestnutCastanea crenata, a chestnut native to Japan and Korea.
- Korean chestnutSynonym of Japanese chestnut: Castanea crenata, a chestnut native to Japan and Korea.
- chestnut blightA disease of the American chestnut tree, mainly caused by pathogenic fungi of species Cryphonectria parasitica.
- Polynesian chestnutSynonym of Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus fagifer)
Compound words 2
- chestnutlikeResembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
- chestnuttyResembling or characteristic of a chestnut.