castanea dentata

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   large tree found from Maine to Alabama

   SynonymsAmerican chestnutAmerican sweet chestnut

   Broaderchestnut

   Part ofCastanea

Questions about castanea dentata

What does castanea dentata mean?

castanea dentata means "large tree found from Maine to Alabama".

What is another word for castanea dentata?

Close synonyms include American chestnut, American sweet chestnut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is castanea dentata a common word?

castanea dentata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.