The difference between Chestnut and Chestnut tree
When used as nouns, chestnut means a tree or shrub of the genus castanea, whereas chestnut tree means a tree that bears chestnuts.
Chestnut is also adjective with the meaning: of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
check bellow for the other definitions of Chestnut and Chestnut tree
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Chestnut as a noun:
A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
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Chestnut as a noun:
The nut of this tree or shrub.
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Chestnut as a noun (uncountable):
A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.
Examples:
"color pane551608"
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Chestnut as a noun:
A reddish-brown horse.
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Chestnut as a noun (uncountable):
The wood of a chestnut tree.
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Chestnut as a noun (idiomatic):
(Often "old chestnut") An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective.
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Chestnut as a noun:
A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
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Chestnut as a noun (UK):
horse-chestnut
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Chestnut as an adjective:
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
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Chestnut tree as a noun (botany):
A tree that bears chestnuts; a tree of the genus Castanea