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They are actually fruits, with shells enclosing cotyledons (A leaf of the embryo of a seed plant, which upon germination either remains in the seed or emerges, enlarges, and becomes green).

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Q: Is a chestnut really a nut?
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Is a conker a nut?

yes its the nut of a horse chestnut tree.


What food group is chestnut in?

Nut


What do you call a dark brown nut of the chestnut tree?

Chestnut or as we always called them as children 'conkers' xx


What is a large treeits nut is a conker?

It is the horse chestnut that produces conkers.


What do you call an edible brown nut?

Chestnut


Is a acorn Chestnut?

no but they are in the nut family together


Is chestnut a proper noun?

No, chestnut, the nut, is a common noun. Chestnut can also be an adjective when used to describe a particular shade of brown.


Difference between chestnut and water chestnut?

Yes there is, a horse chestnut is somethin on the inside of their legs that when they where inside their mothers stomach they where connected, then when they where born the chestnut spit apart so they could walk. And a chestnut nut is something you eat.


What nuts start with the letter c?

Coconut Chestnut Cashew


How can you tell the difference between a buckeye nut and a chestnut?

The differences between a buckeye and a horse chestnut is the way that they look. Buckeyes are bumpier. Buckeyes are a milk chocolate color when they are ripe, while horse chestnuts are a chestnut brown.


What types of nuts are there?

* Acorn, used to make Dotorimuk * Almond * Beech * Butternut * Brazilnut * Candlenut * Cashew * Chestnuts, including: * Chinese Chestnut * Malabar chestnut * Sweet Chestnut * Colocynth * Cucurbita ficifolia * Filbert * Gevuina avellana * Hazelnut * Hickory, including * Pecan * Shagbark Hickory * Kola nut * Macadamia * Mamoncillo * Maya nut * Mongongo * Oak acorns * Ogbono nut * Paradise nut * Pili nut * Pistachio * Walnut


What type of nut grows in conkers?

Conkers is the nickname of the Horse Chestnut.