Chestnut: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Chestnut in English is the name of a plant defined with Castanea dentata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Fagus castanea var. dentata Marshall (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Fl. Bor.-Amer. (1803)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Fl. Ludov. (1817)
· Theoretisches-praktisches Handbuch der Forstbotanik und Forsttechnologie (1800)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Prodr. (1864)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Chestnut, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
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Starts with: Chestnut of the maranhao.
Ends with (+8): African star chestnut, American chestnut, Australian chestnut, California horse-chestnut, Chinese chestnut, Chinese water chestnut, Common chestnut, Common horse-chestnut, Dwarf chestnut, Dwarf horse-chestnut, East himalayan horse chestnut, Eurasian chestnut, European chestnut, Guiana chestnut, Guianan chestnut, Horse-chestnut, Indian horse-chestnut, Japanese horse-chestnut, Lowveld chestnut, Malabar chestnut.
Full-text (+51): Ukanaha, Lowveld chestnut, Japanese horse-chestnut, Tahiti chestnut, Telyakumaita, Tambada Bora, East himalayan horse chestnut, Spanish chestnut, Guianan chestnut, Sweet chestnut, Chinese chestnut, Common chestnut, Common horse-chestnut, Dwarf horse-chestnut, Horse-chestnut tree, O'taheite chestnut, Chestnut of the maranhao, Singhara, California horse-chestnut, African star chestnut.
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Search found 15 books and stories containing Chestnut; (plurals include: Chestnuts). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 158: Suhanu-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
In the Earth < [January 1937]
Symbolism in Poetry < [July – September 1974]
Gerard Manley Hopkins (The poet-priest of Singing Birds) < [January - March 1976]
A Collection of Popular Tales from the Norse and North German (by Peter Christian Asbjørsen)
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (m): Unclassified Substances < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]
Internal Medicine (d): Fever < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Treatments in the Chapter on Medicine]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 17 - Plants and Trees, Agriculture, Food, Drink and Cookery in India < [Book II - Three Countries]
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