American chestnut

Noun

Meaning

large tree found from Maine to Alabama

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Castanea dentata American sweet chestnut

Hypernyms

chestnut chestnut tree

Examples

A blight in the early 20th century wiped out nearly every American Chestnut tree, but those in western Michigan developed a mysterious resistance and survived. Source: Internet

Donald Adams (Left) and Jim Nester (Right), the two Conservational District Supervisors for Tucker County, are working with a Pilot Program to reintroduce the American Chestnut Trees to the area. Source: Internet

The American chestnut trees that provided much of the mast on which the passenger pigeon fed was itself almost driven to extinction by an imported Asian fungus ( chestnut blight ) around 1905. Source: Internet

A dedication ceremony for about 30 American Chestnut hybrids is planned to bless the saplings planted at Don Carter State Park. Source: Internet

There are no long-term risk assessments of the genetically engineered American chestnut, and such assessments are not possible with trees that live hundreds of years. Source: Internet

The local area is home to a relatively large number of American chestnut trees, planted by pioneers from New York and Pennsylvania who settled in western Michigan. Source: Internet

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