A chestnut horse. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In that case, fungus called chestnut blight brought in from Asia caused the devastation. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
National Language - this old chestnut is being revived in certain sectors, with same old pros and cons. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-07-01] Reference
The "we're descending into an ice age" chestnut is actually a great demonstration of how well science works. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Schmitt on Global Warming - NASA Watch] Reference
“It is an evolution of the old chestnut from the 20th century, if you like Socialism so much why don1t you go and live in Russia!”. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-22] Reference
The chestnut is the remnant of the medial phalanx. From Wordnik.com. [Craig Daily Press stories] Reference
Corsicans, to whom the chestnut is the staff of life. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
A fungal disease called chestnut blight attacked the American chestnut. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
The native chestnut is subject to a fatal disease called chestnut bark disease. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922] Reference
As far as I know the seed is Korean chestnut, which is obviously a Chinese variety. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
Of these the chestnut is the most adaptable for home places in the northeastern section. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
The chestnut is the only forest-tree that blossoms at that time, so you cannot mistake it. From Wordnik.com. [On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls] Reference
The European chestnut, which is not as good, brought 30c on the Baltimore market last year. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
Some recalled the chestnut: brown-skinned Ents with large splayfingered hands, and short thick legs. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
Of the nut trees grown in this area, the chestnut has been the most difficult to propagate by budding. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
The colour of the body is half red, half ashen-grey, like that of the so-called chestnut horse, but rougher. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
It is one of the very few mature flowering chestnuts that has so far eluded the fungal disease known as chestnut blight. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » A letter to the American Chestnut Foundation] Reference
The chestnut is a long-lived tree, attaining an age of from 400 to 600 years, but trees over 100 years are usually hollow. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
It is for this reason that the farmers of Northern Italy are able to thrive on a diet of which the chestnut is the staple. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920] Reference
The most common chestnut is “I didn’t fall in love with your book as much as I had hoped to,” which means I hated your book. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Pat Walsh, editor at MacAdam/Cage Publishing] Reference
The chestnut was the best horse in his stable: a frequent winner, popular with the public, a source of prestige as well as revenue. From Wordnik.com. [The Elvis Latte] Reference
Four more were what in horse circles would have been called chestnut in colour, but were outside my rudimentary knowledge of agriculture. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wind]
At a half-speed gallop, riding the chestnut was a bit like sitting astride a launched rocket: pow-erful, purposeful, difficult to deflect. From Wordnik.com. [Penalty]
The dark, smoky honeys, such as chestnut and buckwheat, have grownup flavors. From Wordnik.com. [What's That Doing on] Reference
No. Carl did not raise an old "chestnut" about Israel acquiring modern weapons from abroad. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
If Mark Twain was hard up in search of, a French "chestnut," I might have told him the following little anecdote. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Paul Bourget] Reference
Though the following little puzzle deals with the purchase of chestnuts, it is not itself of the "chestnut" type. From Wordnik.com. [Amusements in Mathematics] Reference
A chestnut tendril of it escapes her ponytail, twirling in the wind. From Wordnik.com. [Angels Carry the Sun excerpt: Chapter One, In the Woods] Reference
A wig of strawberry-streaked chestnut curls dangled over her cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [Faces] Reference
They have dark closet doors with the same fake swirls of oak or chestnut or whatever. From Wordnik.com. [Incidentally] Reference
Trees don't grow to the sky, as goes the old chestnut; neither do stocks forever rise. From Wordnik.com. [The Myths Of Oz] Reference
Molly was a regal chow mix, chestnut red with a feathery tail that wagged all the time. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog That Made Us A Family] Reference
Still unnamed, "Jenny's" son has the chestnut and white coloring of his mom-and of Secretariat. From Wordnik.com. [Wean, Place Or Show] Reference
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