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Chestnut (other)
The Chestnuts are deciduous tree and shrub species in the genus ''Castanea''. The name also refers to the edible nut these trees produce. Chestnut may also refer to: Flora and fauna Botany * American chestnut, one of the most important forest trees throughout much of the eastern United States and southeasternmost Canada *Chestnut mushroom, ''Agaricus bisporus'' * Chestnut oak, species of oak in the white oak group * Chinese chestnut **''Castanea mollissima'', species of chestnut native to China **''Sterculia monosperma'', also known as Thai chestnut * Guiana chestnut, a name for ''Pachira aquatica'' * Horse chestnut, member of the genus ''Aesculus'' * Japanese chestnut, species of chestnut native to Japan and South Korea * Malabar chestnut, a name for ''Pachira aquatica'' * Swamp chestnut oak, species of oak in the white oak section Quercus * Sweet chestnut, species of chestnut native to southeastern Europe and Asia Minor * Water chestnut ** Eleocharis dulcis ** Water caltrop (Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnuts
The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrelated horse chestnuts (genus ''Aesculus'') are not true chestnuts, but are named for producing nuts of similar appearance that are mildly poisonous to humans. True chestnuts should also not be confused with water chestnuts, which are tubers of an aquatic herbaceous plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. Other species commonly mistaken for chestnut trees are the chestnut oak (''Quercus prinus'') and the American beech (''Fagus grandifolia''),Chestnut Tree in chestnuttree.net. both of which are also in the Fagaceae family. |
Chestnut Dunnart
The chestnut dunnart (''Sminthopsis archeri'') is a dunnart that was described by Van Dyck in 1986 and is named because of its chestnut colour in the upperparts of its body. The length from snout to tail is 167–210 mm, of which head to anus is 85–105 mm and tail is 82–105 mm long. The hind foot size is 17–20 mm, ear length is 17–21 mm and weight is 15–20 g. Distribution and habitat There are a handful of records known from southern Papua New Guinea and in Australia on the east and west coasts of Cape York Peninsula, with one record at Blackbraes National Park west of Townsville. Its habitats in Australia consist of tall stringybark woodlands and tall forests situated in red earth. In Papua New Guinea it is also found in savannah A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the Canopy (forest), canopy does not close. The open canopy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut (joke)
Chestnut is a British slang term for an old joke, often as old chestnut. The term is also used for a piece of music in the repertoire that has grown stale or hackneyed with too much repetition. A plausible explanation for the term given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is that it originates from a play named ''The Broken Sword'' by William Dimond, in which one character keeps repeating the same stories, one of them about a cork tree, and is interrupted each time by another character who says: ''Chestnut, you mean ... I have heard you tell the joke twenty-seven times and I am sure it was a chestnut''. The play was first performed in 1816, but the term did not come into widespread usage until the 1880s. See also * old chestnut in Wiktionary References External linksBroken Sword textat Archive.org The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut (dance)
Chestnut (or Dove's Figary) is an English country dance from The Dancing Master collection. Dance English country dance for three couples in a line, recorded by John Playford John Playford (1623–1686/7) was a London bookseller, publisher, minor composer, and member of the Stationers' Company, who published books on music theory, instruction books for several instruments, and psalters with tunes for singing in churche ..., 1651. Tune Instructions reconstructed by Delbert von Straßburg and Stephen Fischer References {{reflist External links 'Chestnut'frofroFacsimile of John Playford's 1651 ''The English Dancing Master'' English country dance Partner dance Dance forms in classical music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut (surname)
Chestnut is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, American actress * Ben Chestnut, American billionaire tech executive * Charles S. Chestnut IV (born 1962), American politician * Cynthia M. Chestnut (born 1949), American politician * Cyrus Chestnut (born 1963), American jazz pianist, composer and producer * Harold Chestnut (1917–2001), American electrical engineer, control engineer and manager at General Electric and author * J. L. Chestnut Jr. (1930–2008), African-American attorney and civil rights activist * Jacob Chestnut (1940–1998), one of two Capitol police officers killed in the U.S. Capitol shooting incident * Jennings Chestnut, American luthier * Joey Chestnut (born 1983), American competitive eater * Julius Chestnut (born 2000), American football player * Morris Chestnut (born 1969), American film and television actor * Randy Chestnut (born 1971), American comedian * Johnson Chesnut Whittaker (1858–1931), American, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut Township, Knox County, Illinois
Chestnut Township is one of twenty-one townships in Knox County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 253 and it contained 121 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Cities, towns, villages * London Mills (northeast quarter) Unincorporated towns * Hermon at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Extinct towns * Bridgeport at * Burnside at (These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.) Cemeteries The township contains these four cemeteries: Elias Bragg, Harper, Hermon Christian and Hermon Methodist. Airports and landing strips * Davies Landing Strip Demographics School districts * Abingdon Community Unit School District 217 * Knoxville Community Unit School District 202 * Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 Political districts * Illinois's 17th congressional district The 17th congressional district of Illinois is represented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut Mountain (Transylvania County, North Carolina)
Chestnut Mountain is a mountain near the city of Brevard, North Carolina. It reaches an elevation of 3,012 feet (918 m). The mountain generates feeder streams for the French Broad River The French Broad River is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee. It flows from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Tennessee, where its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville form .... References Mountains of North Carolina Mountains of Transylvania County, North Carolina {{US-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut Mountain (Caldwell County, North Carolina)
Chestnut Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 3,314 feet (1,010 m) and it also marks the corner between Avery, Burke, and Caldwell counties. The mountain generates feeder streams for the Catawba River The Catawba River originates in Western North Carolina and flows into South Carolina, where it later becomes known as the Wateree River. The river is approximately 220 miles (350 km) long. It rises in the Appalachian Mountains and drains into .... References {{Mountains of North Carolina Mountains of North Carolina Protected areas of Avery County, North Carolina Protected areas of Burke County, North Carolina Protected areas of Caldwell County, North Carolina Pisgah National Forest Mountains of Avery County, North Carolina Mountains of Burke County, North Carolina Mountains of Caldwell County, North Carolina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut Creek
Chestnut Creek is a river in the state of Virginia. See also *List of rivers of Virginia This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ... ReferencesUSGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974) * Rivers of Virginia Rivers of Grayson County, Virginia {{Virginia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut, Louisiana
Chestnut is an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. Notable person * Roy Sanders, educator who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ... from 1948 to 1952 Notes Unincorporated communities in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana Populated places in Ark-La-Tex {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnut, Illinois
Chestnut is a census-designated place in Aetna Township, Logan County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 246. The community is located northwest across the railroad tracks along Illinois Route 54 at Dauphin Street. Its claim to fame, for the sake of town promotion, is that it is the geographic center of the state. A small monument to this effect has been erected in a park near the southwest corner of Melvin Street and East Olive street (in §34 T19N R1W). However, the exact center of Illinois is about eight miles southwest of Chestnut, and on the other side of the town of Mount Pulaski, at 89°18.4'W 40°0.8'N. History The town of Chestnut was laid out in 1872 by David Clark in conjunction with the directors of the then newly completed Gilman, Clinton, and Springfield (later the Springfield branch of the Illinois Central railroad). The land was surveyed on April 24 of that year by Thomas G. Gardner, county surveyor. Two years prior, a town had been laid out, pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conistra Vaccinii
''Conistra vaccinii'', the chestnut, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is distributed throughout Europe, North Africa and east through the Palearctic to Siberia. Distribution The species occurs on some Mediterranean islands (Balearics, Corsica, and Sardinia), in Northern Fennoscandia, and most of Europe except for southern Spain. The range extends south from Morocco in the west to Mediterranean North Africa, through Anatolia to Turkestan and Western and Central Siberia. In the German central uplands, it rises to about 1200 meters. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is 28–36 mm. Pattern and colouring are extremely variable. The colour varies from dove grey to dark grey b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
