Spanish chestnut

English

branch of a Spanish chestnut tree (Castanea sativa) showing leaves and fruit

Noun

Spanish chestnut (plural Spanish chestnuts)

1. Castanea sativa, a deciduous tree with edible deep brown nutlike fruits. The fruits have a little white, fluffy tail.
2. 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 (nl) m
• Esperanto: marono
• French: châtain (fr) m, marron (fr) m
• German: Kastanie (de) f, Esskastanie (de) 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