Chestnut is pronounced su.

Interpretation:

1. The oracle bone resembles the shape of a chestnut tree with fruit. Original meaning: the name of the wood. The fruit is also called chestnut and is edible.

2. A deciduous tree, the fruit is called chestnut, the kernel is sweet and edible. The wood is solid and used for building and utensil making; the bark is used for tanning and dyeing; the leaves can be fed to sericulture.

Source: chestnut, chestnut wood also. --Shuowen (说文) tree of hazelnut and chestnut. -- "Poetry Yongfeng Dingzhi Fangzhong" practicing the main use of chestnut. -- "Gongyang Zhuan Wen Gong two years" Duke of Lamentation with the community in Zai I, Zai I said to: "Xia Houzhi with pine, Yin people with cypress, the Zhou people with chestnut." --The Analects of Confucius.

3. The edible sweet-flavored nut-fruit borne by any tree or shrub of the genus Chestnut as far as pears, chestnuts, dates, and the like.

4, chestnut yellow, or chestnut. Named for the bright yellow color of its flesh; chestnut burst, chestnuts baked in the fireplace simmering and bursting.

Chestnut's group words:

Tilting chestnut, Qi Li, shocked chestnut, chestnut, chestnut, chestnut horror, pear chestnut, zero chestnut, the security service chestnut, Rin Li, Liu Li, Li Li Li, Li Li Li, Li Li chiseled, Li Pong, Li Tail, Li Hock, Li Mouse, Li Shrinking, Li Lord, Li Wedge, Li Ran, Li color, Li Storm, Li Li Li, Li Ri, Li Ru, Li Ru, Li Li Li, Li Li Li, Li Li Li, Li Li Mi.

Morphological features and growth habit of chestnut:

Morphological features:

Chestnut tree up to 20 meters high tree, 80 cm in diameter at breast height, winter buds of about 5 mm long, branchlets gray-brown, stipules oblong, 10 to 15 mm long, sparsely long hairs and scale glands. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 11 to 17 centimeters long, as wide as 7 centimeters, short to acuminate apically, base nearly truncated flat or rounded, or slightly curved inward on both sides and auricular, often oblique and asymmetric on one side.

The bases of the newborn leaves are often narrowly cuneate and symmetrical on both sides, and the leaves are abaxially covered with stellate ambrosial tomentum or become nearly glabrous as the hairs fall off. Petiole 1 to 2 centimeters long. Male inflorescences 10 to 20 centimeters long, inflorescence rachis hairy; flowers 3 to 5 gathered into clusters, female flowers 1 to 3 developing and fruiting, lower part of style hairy.

Growth habit:

Chestnut tree grows fast, easy to manage, adaptable, drought-resistant, flood-resistant, tolerant of barrenness, can be in the barren mountains, river banks in large quantities to develop, and productive, stable yield, long life. For good growth of chestnut, its life expectancy can reach 300 years, flowering in April to June each year, the fruit period in August to October.