Chestnut (disambiguation)
The Chestnuts are deciduous tree and shrub species in the genus Castanea. The name also refers to the edible nut these trees produce.
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Chestnut may also refer to:
Flora and fauna
Botany
- American chestnut, one of the most important forest trees throughout much of the eastern United States and southeasternmost Canada
- Chestnut mushroom, Agaricus bisporus
- Chestnut oak, species of oak in the white oak group
- Chinese chestnut
- Castanea mollissima, species of chestnut native to China
- Sterculia monosperma, also known as Thai chestnut
- 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
- Water chestnut
- Eleocharis dulcis
- Water caltrop (Trapa natans)
Zoology
- Chestnut (coat), color of horse
- Chestnut (horse anatomy), a natural callus 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
Places
- United States
- Chestnut, Illinois, a census-designated place
- Chestnut, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
- Chestnut Creek, Virginia
- Chestnut Mountain (Caldwell County, North Carolina), a mountain
- Chestnut Mountain (Transylvania County, North Carolina), a mountain
- Chestnut Township, Knox County, Illinois
People
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Chestnut (dance), a dance for three couples by John Playford
- Chestnut (joke), British slang for an old or stale joke
- Chestnut (music), a piece of music that has been played so much that many people are tired of it
- "Chestnut" (Westworld), an episode of the HBO series Westworld
- Chestnut: Hero of Central Park, a 2004 American family film
- Chestnut Tree, a dance popular in 1930s England, based on a nursery rhyme, discussed in Chapter 2, on page 25 of Joshua Levin's non-fiction book Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture (2017)
Buildings
- Chestnut Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formerly the Pennsylvania Hotel, on the National Register of Historic Buildings
- Chestnut Lodge, a historic building in Rockville, Maryland
- Chestnut Residence, a university residence operated by University of Toronto, Canada
Other uses
- Chestnut (color), reddish brown
- Chestnut Canoe Company, a Canadian company that closed in 1979
- Chestnut hair, reddish brown hair
- Operation Chestnut, a failed British Second World War raid
- USS Chestnut (AN-11), a World War II anti-submarine net laying ship
See also
- Chestnut Hill (disambiguation)
- Chestnut Ridge (disambiguation)
- Chestnut Street (disambiguation)
- Charles Chesnutt
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