A related tree (C. mollissima) native to China and Korea, cultivated elsewhere for its edible nut. The flowers have a putrid odor
Used in names of trees and plants that are related to the sweet chestnut or that produce similar nuts, e.g., water chestnut
A deep reddish-brown color
A glossy brown nut that may be roasted and eaten
The large European tree that produces the edible chestnut, which develops within a bristly case, with serrated leaves and heavy timber
A related tree (C. dentata), which succumbed to a fungus bark disease in the early 1900s. Once prolific in the eastern US, very few large specimens survived
A horse of a reddish-brown color, with a brown mane and tail
A small horny patch on the inside of each of a horse's legs