sweet chestnut

/swit ˌtʃɛstˈnʌt/

Other forms: sweet chestnuts

Definitions of sweet chestnut

1. noun

   wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
   synonyms: Castanea sativa, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut

   type of:

   chestnut, chestnut tree

   any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur