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- European chestnutsplural of European chestnut: Castanea sativa, a deciduous tree with edible deep brown nutlike fruits. The fruits have a little white, fluffy tail.
- horse-chestnutsplural of horse-chestnut: Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.
- water chestnutsplural of water chestnut: Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.
- pull someone's chestnuts out of the fireSynonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”).
- American chestnutsplural of American chestnut: A large tree native to eastern North America, Castanea dentata, that was almost wiped out in its native range by the chestnut blight.
- Cape chestnutsplural of Cape chestnut: An African flowering tree often planted as an ornamental (Calodendrum capense)
- earth-chestnutsplural of earth-chestnut: Synonym of kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum
- ground-chestnutsplural of ground-chestnut: Synonym of kippernut, Bunium bulbocastanum
- Japanese chestnutsplural of Japanese chestnut: Castanea crenata, a chestnut native to Japan and Korea.
- Korean chestnutsplural of Korean chestnut: Castanea crenata, a chestnut native to Japan and Korea.
- old chestnutsplural of old chestnut: A well-worn story.
- Polynesian chestnutsplural of Polynesian chestnut: Synonym of Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus fagifer)
- sea chestnutsplural of sea chestnut: A sea urchin.
- Spanish chestnutsplural of Spanish chestnut: Castanea sativa, a deciduous tree with edible deep brown nutlike fruits. The fruits have a little white, fluffy tail.
- sweet chestnutsplural of sweet chestnut: A type of deciduous tree native to Europe, Castanea sativa.
- Tahitian chestnutsplural of Tahitian chestnut: A tropical tree native from Malaysia across the southern Pacific (Inocarpus fagifer).
- Malabar chestnutsplural of Malabar chestnut: The edible seed of a tropical tree, Pachira aquatica, also known as the money tree.
- Chinese water chestnutsplural of Chinese water chestnut: Eleocharis dulcis, an aquatic sedge.
- Moreton Bay chestnutsplural of Moreton Bay chestnut: Castanospermum australe, a large Australian tree with showy flowers and poisonous seeds, prized for its dense, attractive wood.
- pulled someone's chestnuts out of the firesimple past and past participle of pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
- pulling someone's chestnuts out of the firepresent participle and gerund of pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
- pulls someone's chestnuts out of the firethird-person singular simple present indicative of pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire: Synonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”).