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Sentence Examples Its primary use has been as rootstock for chestnut breeding, and it provides a food source for wildlife. The Raven Run was the third time Bridgmohan had teamed up with For All We Know, and his second win aboard the chestnut filly. With her fingers, she picked up a water chestnut experimentally and placed it in her mouth. Be careful because a tiny cube of crisp water chestnut, together with some hot juice, is wrapped in the core of each ball. Clark spears a water chestnut with his chopstick while trying to pick it up. The woman chuckled and shook her head, her chestnut brown waves of hair falling over her shoulders. I walked a little ways back up the drive and paced back and forth under the chestnut tree. The next day Avery packed his horse, a well-tempered chestnut gelding named Wesley, and rode away to become a hero. Amy could see that she was awfully pretty with long reddy chestnut hair, which fell behind her back and deep emerald green eyes. The woods most often used for balsamic include chestnut, ash tree, cherry, mulberry, juniper and oak. A lot of wormy chestnut was left to rot in the forest or fed into wood stoves to heat homes before it became a prized wood. Kienan Ademetria brushed his long chestnut braid off of his shoulder as he continued to work on the circuit relay. I decided that the birds could nest anywhere except in the stand of horse chestnut trees outside my back door. Boards are ash, cherry, southern yellow pine, chestnut, white birch, and eastern spruce. Now, Hollywood's been known to dredge up old storylines again and again, and occasionally mine repeat gold out of a recycled chestnut. This brings up the latter-day chestnut which is now commonly utilised as an excuse to keep walkers out. In the end, it's the old contradictory chestnut of being both repulsed and attracted simultaneously that keeps you hooked. In the collection for this winter, leaf-green, chestnut, grey and navy are set off with broken stripes in unusual shades. Many trees, such as lime, sycamore, horse chestnut and willow provide excellent bee forage. Using trees such as lime, ash, sycamore and chestnut results in a imposing display which is far superior to what smaller garden trees produce. Show More Sentences They located chestnut trees with ominous breaks in the bark revealing blobs of orange fungus. These floors start life a bright yellow which mellows to a rich chestnut as time goes by. Her rich chestnut hair was piled into a nest of soft ringlets with soft wispy curls framing her heart-shaped face. Over the years we have added scientific investigations on wildlife road kill, tree growth and a study of American chestnut seedling survival. Chuckling at the raised eyebrow from the pretty girl sitting astride the chestnut roan, he replied to her unasked question. As if on cue, the chestnut roan he had given her to ride stomped its hoof in agreement, undoubtedly tired and hungry herself. Seasonal Sardinian and Sicilian chestnut roasters were busy in the square, and we had time to reflect on the long journey. More than a thousand conkers had been harvested from the arboretum's 102 horse chestnut trees for use in a variety of games. A 15th century Genoese bridge arched over a boulder-strewn stream near the remains of an old mill, once used for making chestnut flour. A livid scar stood out against the chestnut skin from his left cheek down to his chin. Dry woodland has a diversity of species but is dominated by loblolly pine, rock chestnut oak, and a shrubby layer of azaleas and New Jersey tea. The grounds include a 250-year-old Spanish chestnut tree and a lofted coach house comprising seven loose boxes and a tack room. The ruddy duck, an attractive bird with chestnut plumage and a bright blue bill is well settled as a species in England. It's very easy to tame and a very beautiful bird, with its snowy white rump and a chestnut coat. About half a mile away, starlight finally hit it, revealing a sleek chestnut brown body with ruffled russet red tail feathers. Much better was sweet, tacky chestnut flour tagliatelle with firm little shrimps and mushrooms. Chipped chestnut wood and bark also were used as a source of tannin for the leather industry. The dogwood, oak, chestnut, pine, red maple, black locust, sassafras, hickory, willow, cottonwood, and redbud dotted the landscape. We had turkey that tasted of turkey stuffed with chestnut one end and sausage meat mixed with sage the other. However the caps of Chestnut-backs are brown rather than black, and their backs, shoulders, and sides are a deep chestnut color. Show More Sentences Punters believing the flashy chestnut son of Lord Ballina to be as unbeatable as Sunline backed him in to just short of odds-on favorite. All he sees is the rich mane of chestnut hair cascading around her perfect face. The trail continues downhill for a brief stretch among chestnut trees, manna ashes and maple trees before reaching plain ground again. I stared into his deep blue eyes, a few bangs of chestnut hair tumbled down his forehead. A boned and stuffed quail, on a chestnut and cinnamon risotto with soused figs? A neatly dressed footman in navy blue livery stood, alert, by its side and a pair of gleaming chestnut horses were in harness. Perched high atop the chestnut thoroughbred, she looked at him with a definite challenge in her eyes. If planning permission were granted, then there is the age-old chestnut of any memorial being vandalised or messed upon by pigeons. The birds were spectacular with a black belly with large white spots on the side and a deep chestnut collar and a white cheekpatch. Unlike the Spyglass's sky-colored outer hull, this ship was shaded in a dark gray mixed in with a small amount of chestnut. She regretfully stepped out of the tub and towelled herself dry, winding the towel around her shoulder-length chestnut hair last. The flat-roofed Berber homes, some of which can be rented for short stays, are built with chestnut tree joists and wattle and daub. Offsetting the lace were short jackets and miniskirts in soft chestnut leather, decorated with white top stitching. Beekeeping is a lucrative sideline for chestnut growers, as is selling the bolitus edulis growing under trees. Blenheims are chestnut and white, with chestnut ears and a white blaze between the eyes and ears. She had long, soft layers of silken chestnut hair that draped over her slender shoulders and cascaded down to the base of her back. The older man looked to be in his early fifties, with dark brown hair beginning to silver at the temples, and dark chestnut eyes. We have lost too many champions to Dutch elm disease, chestnut blight, and oak wilt. One current path of research involves an Australian rain forest tree, the Moreton Bay chestnut. Crowned pigeons are grey with pink or chestnut underparts and a white wing patch. Show More Sentences Mellow chestnut forests, vineyards and fertile farmland glow golden in the slanting sunlight and the whole island overflows with harvest plenty. My chestnut hair was sleek and dark and my face was as white as unmarked paper. On the other side were three sleek horses, tall, with shining coats, chestnut, black, and a pinto, golden-blonde and black. She was in the middle of closing the door when a skinny, chestnut and dark brown colored cat slipped through. She was a beautiful woman, her skin was fair and pale and her chestnut brown hair was soft a silky in the sun when she took her bonnet off. Wines made in unlined new chestnut barrels can be so tannic as to be undrinkable. We're cutting her hair, then adding gold and chestnut highlights to brighten Wendy's complexion. She stood before the wide-open doors to the stable, eying a chestnut steed that had greeted her with a short nicker. Other major tree species are white oak, chestnut oak, red oak, hickory, maple, Virginia pine, sourgum, and sassafras. Add your soy sauce until the vermicelli and chicken take on a golden chestnut colour. For the last year, Kerry also has been carrying a four-leaf clover from a supporter in Iowa and a buckeye chestnut from Ohio. Their leader had chestnut colored hair with electric blue eyes that seemed both welcoming and forbidding. In the past she has denied the old chestnut about women not being as funny as men but today she clearly can't be bothered fighting. In some areas, horse chestnut trees have been cut down because of the possibility that children might be hurt playing conkers. Crouching underneath two huge, tired-looking horse chestnut trees, we were overawed by the treasure trove among the fallen leaves. No songbirds to tangle in the hedges, in shrubs, up above your head in the crowns of cypress and in the branches of chestnut trees, plane trees. Froney was Chell's favourite horse, a tall handsome energetic chestnut with a white star, who was always on the lookout for treats. He was quite a tall and muscular chestnut with large brown eyes and white star on his forehead. He visits other chestnut trees, too, packing mud on their cankers and clipping flowers for use in breeding programs. As he angled, we admired his teal plumage, chestnut neck, pine green cap, and white ventral stripe. Show More Sentences He had dark chestnut brown hair without a receding hairline, and eyes, and his skin had an almost olive complexion. When they arrived at Bay Star's stall, they saw her licking a chestnut foal with four white stockings and a white stripe down its chest. Along the trail, visitors can enjoy specimens such as the Indian horse chestnut, dawn redwood, autumn oaks and oriental hawthorns. My wet curls cascaded down my back in a chestnut waterfall, falling to my waist and dripping down my legs. Some authors have suggested that their flavour and texture are comparable with those of the chestnut or cashew nut. His hair had stayed the same fair straw colour, while mine had reverted to an auburn chestnut shade. Many of the yellow chestnut oak seedlings at this site were actually sprouts from large caudices. He made a striking picture with the sun creating a halo made of a plethora of colors around his soggy, disheveled chestnut hair. The game hen was light, savory and the chestnut stuffing slightly sweet, and deliciously spiced. His workplace relations minister begrudges a modest pay rise for the lowly paid, trotting out the hoary old chestnut that better pay costs jobs. We'd head out to the big chestnut trees on the outskirts of the town and spend hours shaking the ripe cheesers. It contains soil types, such as podzols, chernozems, brown earths, chestnut soils, etc., familiar to many people. A roast chestnut crusted salmon circle was perfectly cooked, tasty and fresh. The deep chestnut flanks and sides combined with the male's solid black head, red eye, and black upperparts are distinctive. Her cheeks were pale and veined with dark tear-tracks, her eyes, usually a beautiful deep chestnut, were red and swollen. Sitting to her left was a young girl about the age of nine, with chestnut brown hair, tan skin, and liquid brown eyes. Aside from that, he had soft and shiny chestnut hair, and warm, loving, yet mysterious deep brown eyes. With her long silky chestnut hair and a familiar twinkle in her eyes, Vivian had developed into quite an attractive young lady. She had a sweet smile, and her light olive skin went with deep, chestnut hair. Will had turned around quickly, thinking for sure that he had caught a glimpse of deep chestnut out of the corner of his eye. Show More Sentences He was about as tall as the other man, with shaggy blonde hair and deep chestnut brown eyes. Some species have white on the throat or rump areas and a few species have brighter chestnut or reddish throats. When they removed their hats, they revealed identical chestnut hair, neatly parted in the center. The one with chestnut hair wore khaki slacks and a black trench coat, while the other, an Asian man, was dressed in all black. One had beautiful red hair and looked quite boisterous and the other had chestnut coloured hair and she looked serious and sophisticated. She spun around and saw Jake galloping on a beautiful chestnut stallion towards them. Berndon was looking at a chestnut mare with a black mane and tail and took out some coins to pay for it. She watched James swing down from the saddle of his chestnut horse, whose coat was literally on fire with the colors of sunset. The chestnut filly's win also gave the young female jockey her first Group 1 stakes triumph. The chestnut colt is the second foal out of Grade 2 winner Prospectress, by Mining. She quietly saddled a chestnut mare a few stalls down from him and walked him out of the barn. The chestnut filly worked in company on Wednesday, pleasing him with her effort. The chestnut colt made his debut nine months later, finishing second by a length to eventual Grade 1 winner D' Wildcat. Sharon rides Andy, a chestnut Quarter Horse who has never before experienced dressage. Greece originally introduced the chestnut tree to the rest of the European community. I just noticed the chestnut tree in our front yard was dying and wondered why. With the coming of the spring-time I yearned only to sit under my favorite chestnut tree for a spell. As she got nearer she saw him shaded from the sun by the leaves of the chestnut tree. In general, European chestnut trees haven't suffered as devastating an outbreak as their American cousins. Another barrier comes tumbling down, as that old chestnut about the Germans never making a funny comedy has to be consigned to the history book. Show More Sentences Here stand terrific chestnut trees with big boles of spiralled bark. The animal was so underfed that his ribs were showing under his lusterless chestnut coat. The above-ground portion of the chestnut died, but not its roots. Then I saw him again coming down one of the chestnut alleys of the Cours la Reine. Even the way he sets up that chestnut, he makes the joke a part of his own history. The female is paler and lacks the grey crown, white cheeks, black bib and eye stripe and chestnut brown nape, but has a straw coloured stripe behind the eye. The male, however, is readily recognized with his heavy black bib, which may be rather washed out in winter, white cheeks and chestnut on the back of his head. Sweet chestnut and a small group of whitebeam will be planted at staggered intervals over a 10-year period, to preserve the cathedral feel of the walkway. She swung up into the saddle, and nudged the chestnut into a fast lope. His paintings inspired a new type of frame made of wormy chestnut wood. The American chestnut did not really disappear from the eastern forests-it ceased to be a part of the forest canopy and is now a part of the shrub understory. If you really can't get wild mushrooms, use a mixture of Portobello, a large flat field mushroom, a few shitake mushrooms and some of the brown chestnut variety. The sun bathed his chestnut brown hair in light, turning it amber. He has not yet decided which farm will board the chestnut mare. Try 6 acres of gardens with olive trees, lemon trees and chestnut trees. His horse was a of fine chestnut, with muscles rippling in its legs. The small chestnut patches on its shoulders are not always visible. After it finally opened up, the rider allowed the chestnut colored horse to move in a slow trot, the gait giving the horse time to relax, though not really needing it. The car careered down the road and hit a chestnut tree head-on. On the other hand, we get the old chestnut of the renegade bandit who preys on travelers, except in this case, he's presented as a sadistic brute. Show More Sentences As the hoary old chestnut goes, we take our freedom for granted. Mature chestnut, beech, sycamore, silver birch and laurel trees are dotted around the property and ensure privacy and seclusion without interfering with the views. The European species of chestnut catches the disease, too, and early researchers noticed some Italian trees that seemed to have spontaneously recovered their health. Topical arnica products, which are also useful for treating bruises, may be used as an alternative to horse chestnut extracts and are also widely available. It covers the old chestnut of paper versus computers and comes to an interesting conclusion, which I'm afraid I've kind of given away in the quote above. Dashing into a store in Las Vegas for a signing last summer, Dean joked to the crowd that he was late because he'd had to mousse his chestnut locks. Her long, curly chestnut hair fell across her face as she thought. It was a bay, with a liver chestnut body and gleaming black legs. From Maine to Alabama, the armor of chestnut oaks looked like gold to the tanners who often felled the great trees, stripped the bark, and left the naked wood to rot. It could be the old chestnut that we live in a multiverse of infinite possibility, where every sliding door decision is a decision that was made both ways. One damaged chestnut tree and five mature conifers had to be removed. Soon after, a saddled and bridled chestnut horse came striding into view. Unlike the above circulatory herbs, horse chestnut is an astringent. The chestnut horse was bred in Kentucky by Vintage Meadow Stable. There is that old chestnut about people having to decide they want this guy to be in their TV rooms for the next four years. The chestnut groves are carpeted with drifts of western peony, pink, blue and yellow lupins, Spanish bluebell and Barbary nut iris, while rocky outcrops harbour man orchids. Although set in 24 acres of land, extra measures have been taken to plant more oaks, sycamores, maples and horse chestnut trees to provide increased privacy. Her long, wavy, thick, chestnut hair cascaded fluidly down her back. They had the same straight chestnut hair and deep green eyes. Then there was me, a tall, chestnut haired, grey eyed, and very ungraceful woman with a low and intelligent voice wearing a plain, but practical, dress. Show More Sentences The sassy combination of so-called stripper music and Cabaret show tunes suits the big chestnut mare, who seemed to visibly strut and swagger through her routine. The third association, with little groundcover, occurs on a relatively steep north-facing slope that is distinguished by canopy chestnut oak and subcanopy striped maple. Red maple and chestnut oak dominance increased with elevation on the south-facing slope and both species reached substantial density and dominance on the northern ridge top. We hoped to see some of the rarer birds that turn up here like chestnut winged cuckoo, Ashy minivet, Black crested baza, but were not really disappointed in not seeing them. It is a diving duck and the male is a large, white bellied, grey-backed bird with a black chest, sloping forehead and ruddy chestnut head and neck. The chestnut colt also won the 2001 Tattersall Stakes as a three-year-old. A near relative is the larger and better-known Chinese water chestnut. Asta was a sorrel mare, chestnut colored, with a flaxen mane and tail. It sits within a timber frame with sweet chestnut cladding on the exterior walls and birch plywood on the inside. The male Spanish sparrow and Italian sparrow are distinguished by their chestnut crowns. The scales of the staminate aments when mature are broadly ovate, rounded, yellow or orange color below the middle, dark chestnut brown at apex. On the fertile soils chestnut and stands of hazel and oak are common, while Scots Pine and Birch colonise the poorer soils. The smallest proportion of the soil cover consists of the chestnut soils of the southern and eastern regions. So smooth of face, so fine of eye, so much a beautiful part of his beautiful chestnut prad. Some of the last remaining large American chestnut trees grow in this region. I wanted to jog in leisurely fashion through the green fields and chestnut avenues, over the rushing bubbling streamlets, to join Sylvie. Hanabishi comes from the Japanese expression Hishi meaning diamond-shaped, as well as water chestnut. Other spring flowers are also starting to show their faces including drifts of winter aconites among the horse chestnut trees. Ancient trees include Wellingtonia, weeping ash, beech, Spanish chestnut, sycamore, maple and lime together with oaks and yew. Of the species tested, white oaks and chestnut oaks suffered the biggest lesions, perhaps indicating greater susceptibility. Show More Sentences Tired and thirsty, many students had their first taste of sour starfruit with salt and water chestnut outside this majestic fort. Tinsel, garland, and chestnut shells are the only combustibles on offer. He has chiseled, tattoo-less arms and long, flowing chestnut brown hair. As the zygotic embryos are the main site of aescin accumulation, horse chestnut seeds are the sole industrial source of aescin. This year's Register will see many new champions, including the smooth blaekhaw and swamp chestnut oak. Gypsy moth, Kudzu vine, Dutch elm disease, chestnut blight, starlings and Mediterranean fruit flies come easily to mind. This book, to resurrect that old chestnut, made me laugh and cry. Coppiced, peeled sweet chestnut will form beautiful hurdle fencing nestled among the planting. Within a few decades, the chestnut blight killed up to three billion American chestnut trees on over 200 million acres of woodland. On the massive chestnut refectory table sits the most fantastic array of early silver. The impressive vessel even featured wood from sweet chestnut trees grown on Prince Charles's private estate. Shred thick leaves like sycamore, walnut, horse chestnut or sweet chestnut before composting. The outbreak of chestnut blight fungus from imported chestnut stock was first observed in New York and spread like wild-fire. Premium cachacas are aged in a variety of woods, including chestnut, brazilwood and almond. Tannin can be extracted with hot water from the bark of chestnut, nutgall, oak, certain sumac leaves, hemlock, coffee, tea and walnuts. The breast band of females varies from indistinct to a strong ochraceous color and, in the most extreme individuals, is a clear, light chestnut. The people of Merseyside were given this old chestnut when Liverpool 1 was being built. To strengthen the veins themselves take Horse chestnut tincture and Rutin tablets on a regular basis. The champion yellow buckeye, black cherry, and chestnut oak are all a few inches thicker and only 20 feet to 30 feet shorter than the hemlock. One criticism, however, is that it promulgated the old chestnut that forward rates are somehow linked to sentiment. Show More Sentences The message that appearance is less important than substance and loyalty is an old chestnut, but its treatment is cleverly done in this version. Over the generations, those resistance genes can migrate into the old chestnut lineages. So far the new century has brought a possible chestnut revival, schoolkids whose hearts are as big as the world, and savvier travelers. So that old chestnut of eventually sounding like your parents is painfully true. Tree sparrows can be readily distinguished from male house sparrows by a black spot on large white cheeks, and a chestnut crown. Eager twitchers are heading for Papa Westray, Orkney, after the chestnut bunting was spotted in what is thought to be a UK first. In fact, after a chestnut oak in Connecticut, it was the second tree ever to be officially nominated for national champion status. The stud also topped the section As with the chestnut roan yearling filly Friarly Dreams of Fashion. Large, majestic white oaks are the predominant mast producers on the ridge, along with some red oaks and chestnut oaks. But I think that, like many an old chestnut, this one is rotten. So you were thrilled, and we picked out the mare for Harriet, and you bagsed the black, and I had the chestnut, and we all rode away one day. Introduced trees include several varieties of pine, chestnut, maple, spruce, sycamore and fir, as well as cherry plum and pear trees. The Tosa water chestnut leaf mon was then drawn as a rhombus or diamond shape in the Mitsubishi logo. Many communities owe their origin and former richness to the ensuing chestnut woods. Also rather southern trees like walnut tree, chestnut and hornbeam can be found. Common trees on the island include the chestnut, cypress, oak, olive tree, pine, plane, and tamarisk. The male has a dark grey crown from the top of its bill to its back, and chestnut brown flanking its crown on the sides of its head. The Eurasian tree sparrow is smaller and more slender with a chestnut crown and a black patch on each cheek. Recent additions to the collections include seven species of fungi in the chestnut blight group that were discovered and described in the past few years. In addition to those mentioned above, these include such well-known trees as quaking aspen, boxelder, northern catalpa, American holly, chestnut oak, and saguaro. Show More Sentences Roman soldiers were given chestnut porridge before going into battle. But in case you think drinking is too tame, the bar at Vesper serves up some mind-altering cocktails like Mai This made with rock candy and a roast chestnut mint julep. The shadows of the chestnut trees sweep wetly through the afternoon. Working closely with GFC, Oglethorpe Power replanted designated wetland areas with pond cypress, bald cypress, red maple, swamp chestnut oak and water tupelo trees. And no arts show discussing comedy would be worth its salt if it didn't tackle the old chestnut of 'Why aren't there more female stand-up comedians? Equally as exciting and elusive as the belted kingfisher I saw in the States, the common kingfisher is a lovely iridescent blue with warm, chestnut orange underparts. Other species-revival projects that will be discussed involve the European aurochs, Pyrenean ibex, American chestnut, Tasmanian tiger and woolly mammoth. Hardwoods such as oak, sweet chestnut and beech are the best to use because they take longer to rot, although Beardshaw has used conifers for stumperies. Peter and Mania found a pensione whose view was of chestnut woods and a horizon looped by peaks lustred with last winter's snow, distant in time as well as space. They are most often bay, dark bay or brown, chestnut, black, or gray. How many times is this old chestnut going to be wheeled out? Now gypsy moths are invading the Appalachian uplands, where white, red, black, scarlet, and chestnut oaks became kings of the forest when the chestnuts disappeared. Under an agreement reached by Oglethorpe Power and the GFC, designated wetlands areas are being replanted with red maple, cypress, swamp chestnut oak and water tupelo trees. Walnut burl sourced from the United States is used on a majority of the cars, with maple, chestnut, oak and sapele pommele among the other species used. It all, however, gets very exotic with their desserts thanks to their Tap Tim Krob or crispy water chestnut in sugar syrup and coconut milk, served with crushed ice. In parks horse chestnut, lime and maple are commonly planted as well. Montclair State's Wu came to the ballast water issue indirectly, while she was researching how to control the spread of the water chestnut plant on Lake Champlain. Acer griseum, the paperbark maple, improves every year with age as it gently peels back ruffles of chestnut to reveal shiny deep orange bark underneath. Prawn and sesame toast, prawn and water chestnut wontons and vegetable spring rolls, egg fried rice, chicken and cashew nuts and duck in plum sauce. Paper birch was harvested to cover canoes, chestnut bark for shingles to cover houses and cork stripped from the Cork oak is used in flooring or wine corks. Show More Sentences After crossing the A65 we pass through a gate under the horse chestnut tree and continue up the field to another gate that leads into a ginnel between houses. Examples from Classical Literature Our native chestnut and its little brother, the chinquapin, are the American cousins of the sweet chestnut of southern Europe. With my tomahawk I cut a mark in that chestnut yonder and buried my weapon at the foot of it. The proper classification of the chestnut blight fungus has also been the subject of much discussion. You know how active a boy is in getting a snake from under a rock and he will do the same thing with the chestnut blight. This chestnut blight belongs to the microbe group and the microbe is the great enemy of mankind. I have heard it was brought in from some point but I do not know whether it was identified exactly as the chestnut blight. The chestnut oak has leaves which are much like those of the chestnut tree. Both have large leaves silver-lined, with undulating border, of the chestnut oak pattern. So far as the food quality of the chestnut is concerned it is not a balanced diet, mostly sugar, but it is a splendid food. He wore a chestnut cap, almost exactly like that of Chippy the chipping sparrow. I do not know whether or not there have been clonal rootstocks selected for Chinese chestnut. Show by sketch or describe the cotyledon in the chestnut, the walnut or hickory nut, and the bean. She began by turning him over with a little stick, as if he were a horse chestnut. He was a chestnut horse, with a coat that shone like satin, and not a white hair about him. So that if a chestnut was a fiver, and it beat a tenner, it became at one leap a fifteener. In his description of this form Stephens states that the fore wings are fuscous mixed with chestnut, with darker clouds. In addition to the butternut and black walnut, we have made a complete success of the horse chestnut. Nuts are similar to the horse chestnut in colour, but not so regular in form. Why is the horse chestnut, though containing a great quantity of starch, unfit for food? Then he felt better, especially after he had rubbed a horse chestnut on his sore leg. Show More Sentences The tree is seldom planted, but the horse chestnut, a foreign species, takes its place. They braided her lovely dark chestnut hair, and arranged it gracefully about her head, intertwining it with blue ribbons. One evening the jackaroo was down by the homestead-gate when Mary came cantering home on her tall chestnut. There wuz a jimson weed we'd use fur rheumatism, and fur asthma we'd use tea made of chestnut leaves. Tom is about 16 years old about five feet high light chestnut coller, smart active boy, and swagers in his walk. Medullary rays are irregular, some being thin as those of sweet birch, while others are as broad as rays of chestnut oak. The Japanese, ordinarily, does not make a good union with the American sweet chestnut. But the cool rain dripping from the hazel and sweet chestnut leaves fell pleasantly on his uncovered head and flushed face. Two of the hybrids bear nuts about the size of the average American sweet chestnut and of first rate quality. Invariably they have found that the quality is not as good as in the American sweet chestnut. For instance, there is some antagonism between the American sweet chestnut and Asiatic chestnuts. What occurred with chestnut oak and hemlock in the East, is occurring with tanbark oak in the West. Brown hematite, or limonite, has a chestnut brown color and contains very nearly sixty per cent. Not uncommon, although rarer than black or melanistic forms, are reddish or chestnut varieties. The trees in the park are all full of flowers, like the tulip tree and the chestnut in bloom. I should reply that the chestnut leads the list, followed closely by the mockernut hickory. It was a fine, young chestnut gelding with a Roman nose and long, mulish ears. You can see dead chestnut trees up there showing that the blight is as bad as Dr. Van Fleet says. The color is ashen, with chestnut tips upon the nodes and varices, and chestnut-colored patches about the aperture. Some one has stolen a store of nuts from the hollow in the old chestnut tree. Show More Sentences Sprouts in old chestnut clearings are often allowed to remain, and sometimes they are grafted to the improved varieties. She has so much hair it makes her head look small, a sort of light chestnut, with warmish streaks in it. She seemed to have the texture of the water chestnut and the lush, fat vegetables of the spring. During this shower of warblers the parula was the most numerous species, excepting, perhaps, the chestnut sided. The pine nut has a rich, marrowy kernel in a shell that varies in thickness from that of a chestnut to that of a hazel-nut. We have found a few small lesions of chestnut blight which were removed by pruning and then painted with pine tar. A very small bit of this chestnut grated into a kettle would make a potful of porridge. December had come in rawly, and the chestnut stoves and baked-potato engine were out. Have them saddle the roan for me, and they may take the chestnut pair and lead Firefly. The chestnut oak is one of the most desirable kinds of trees to plant in parks. Not a chestnut tree nor hazel within the garth but was limed and netted for the caging of this bird. The bridling and caparison of his mount, a splendid chestnut, represented alone a small fortune. He heard the hum and clang of an electric car off through a chestnut grove. But Andrew, with the chestnut running like a red flash beneath him, had vanished. No doubt they'll smugly trot out the old chestnut that they're doing their bit to save the planet by ditching gas-guzzling transport. Inside the gate leaning out from her saddle and just closing it, was a young woman on a chestnut sorrel. There were also fragments of wax writing tablets, made out of larch, maple, silver fir and sweet chestnut. The horse chestnut, the pawpaw, the grape, and the willow are in bloom. I could climb your chestnut if I cared to, noctule, and eat the colony. Find more words! 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