Spanish chestnut

English

Noun

Spanish chestnut (plural Spanish chestnuts)

Castanea sativa, a deciduous tree with edible deep brown nutlike fruits. The fruits have a little white, fluffy tail.
The fruit of this tree.

Synonyms

sweet chestnut, European chestnut (US)

Translations

tree

Basque: gaztainondo, gaztainarbola
Dutch: tamme kastanjeboom
French: châtaignier commun m, marronnier (fr) m

German: Kastanienbaum (de) m
Greek: καστανιά (el) f (kastaniá)
Spanish: castaño (es) m

fruit

Basque: gaztaina
Dutch: tamme kastanje m
Esperanto: marono
French: châtain (fr) m, marron (fr) m

German: Kastanie (de) f, Esskastanie f
Greek: κάστανο (el) n (kástano)
Spanish: castaña (es) f
Turkish: kestane (tr)

Further reading

Spanish chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Castanea sativa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Castanea sativa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Castanea sativa at USDA Plants database

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