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Pocketful :: Pocketful (n.) As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts..

Catkin :: Catkin (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament..

Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts..

Castanea :: Castanea (n.) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.

Amentaceous :: Amentaceous (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence..

Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc..

Marron :: Marron (a.) A chestnut color; maroon.

Fraxin :: Fraxin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin..

Paviin :: Paviin (n.) A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse-chestnut family.

Buckeye :: Buckeye (n.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut.

Thyrsus :: Thyrsus (n.) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut..

Inocarpin :: Inocarpin (n.) A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis)..

Cupuliferous :: Cupuliferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule..

Esculic :: Esculic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid..

Longspur :: Longspur (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States..

Linnet :: Linnet (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria)

Cupule :: Cupule (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc..

Saligot :: Saligot (n.) The water chestnut (Trapa natans).

Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals..

Fieldfare :: Fieldfare (n.) a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare..

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