castanha — meaning in English

English meaning

• chestnut noun A tree that produces glossy brown edible nuts, or the nut itself.
• maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.

Senses

castanha is used for these senses in English:

• chestnut (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
• maroon Of a maroon color

chestnut — full definition

1. noun A tree that produces glossy brown edible nuts, or the nut itself.
2. adj A deep reddish-brown colour, like the nut.
3. noun A joke or story that has been told so often it has stopped being funny or interesting.

maroon — full definition

1. adj A dark brownish-red colour.
2. verb To strand someone in a remote or isolated place, leaving them unable to get away.
3. noun Historically, an enslaved person who escaped and formed independent communities, especially in the Caribbean and the Americas, or their descendants.

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