Hypernyms for "chestnut"
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Allegheny chinkapin
American chestnut
American sweet chestnut
Castanea crenata
Castanea dentata
Castanea mollissima
Castanea ozarkensis
Castanea pumila
Castanea sativa
Chinese chestnut
chinquapin
dwarf chestnut
eastern chinquapin
European chestnut
Japanese chestnut
Ozark chinkapin
Ozark chinquapin
Spanish chestnut
sweet chestnut
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.