moreton bay chestnut

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   Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood

   SynonymsAustralian chestnut

   Broaderbean tree

   Part ofCastanospermum

Questions about moreton bay chestnut

What does moreton bay chestnut mean?

moreton bay chestnut means "Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood".

What is another word for moreton bay chestnut?

Close synonyms include Australian 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 moreton bay chestnut a common word?

moreton bay chestnut 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.