Definition of Castanea sativa

1. Noun. Wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Castanea Sativa

Casta
Castalian
Castanea chrysophylla
Castanea crenata
Castanea dentata
Castanea mollissima
Castanea ozarkensis
Castanea pumila
Castanea sativa (current term)
Castanopsis
Castanopsis chrysophylla
Castellani
Castellani's bronchitis
Castellani's paint
Castellani-Low sign
Castellite
Castellites
Castello
Castelnau's antshrike
Castelnau's antshrikes
Castile
Castile and León

Literary usage of Castanea sativa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1900)
"Castanea sativa Mill.—I do not know whether Messrs. ... I have paid some attention to Castanea sativa as we find it growing in parks and plantations, ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"Castanea sativa. Chestnut. From Peking. "(No. 33a. ) The largest variety to be found on the markets in Peking; said to have come from Chee-san, ..."

3. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"Castanea sativa var. Americana Watson, Chestnut. North America. ... Castanea sativa Mill., European Chestnut — Resembles oak, but distinguished by the ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Castanea sativa. (ХИ) вв. Branchlets pubescent, with spreading hairs: Ivs. soft- pubescent beneath, at least those toward the end of the shoots. mollissima, ..."

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