Chestnut (disambiguation)
Chestnut is a genus of deciduous tree and shrub species Castanea. The name also refers to the edible nut these trees produce.
Chestnut (also chesnut) may also refer to:
In architecture:
In botany:
- American chestnut, one of the most important forest trees throughout much of the eastern United States and southeasternmost Canada
- Chestnut blight, fungal disease
- Chestnut oak, species of oak in the white oak group
- Chinese chestnut, member of the family Fagaceae
- Guiana chestnut, a name for Pachira aquatica
- Horse chestnut, member of the genus Aesculus
- Japanese chestnut, species of chestnut native to Japan and South Korea
- Malabar chestnut, a name for Pachira aquatica
- Swamp chestnut oak, species of oak in the white oak section Quercus
- Sweet chestnut, species of chestnut native to southeastern Europe and Asia Minor
In geography:
In zoology:
- Chestnut (coat), color of horse
- Chestnut (horse anatomy), a natural callousity on the legs of horses
- Chestnut Dunnart, dunnart that was described by Van Dyck in 1986
- Chestnut Sparrow, sparrow that likes dry savanna
- Chestnut Teal, dabbling duck found in southern Australia
- Chestnut Woodpecker, resident breeding bird in South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas south to Ecuador, Bolivia and northern Brazil, and on Trinidad
- Horse-chestnut leaf miner, a moth.
In other fields:
People with the surname Chestnut:
See also
Not to be confused with