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the only nut that's actually a vegetable in disguise, low-fat and treacherously beloved.
means A glossy brown edible nut from trees of the genus Castanea, roasted in winter and starchier than its oily nut cousins — also the rich reddish-brown color it lends, and, oddly, an old, overtold story or joke.
from From Old French 'chastaigne', from Latin 'castanea', which traces back to Greek 'kastanon' — possibly named for the town of Kastana in Pontus, or perhaps the other way around. Middle English borrowed it as 'chasteine'; the redundant '-nut' got bolted on later, since speakers no longer heard 'nut' inside the name. The 'old chestnut' meaning a stale joke is said to come from a 19th-century play in which a tired tale about a cork tree is corrected to a chestnut — a fitting tale, though the trail is hazy.
- low fat
- Nearly fat-free, unlike every other nut in the bowl
- raw danger
- Raw ones are mildly toxic until roasted
- horse imposter
- Horse chestnuts are poisonous and unrelated entirely
- old word
- A 'chestnut' also means a tired, overused joke
- blight wiped
- A fungus killed billions of American chestnut trees
american chestnut tree — once dominated eastern us forests until blight killed 99% of 4 billion trees between 1904-1940
chestnut horse coat color — solid reddish-brown equine coat color, one of the most common in horse breeds worldwide