chestnut

It sort of looks like a fuzzy seed from a chestnut tree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

These included dairy, ⁠wheat, ⁠tree nuts, ⁠coconut, seafood, red fish, ⁠pulses and beans, kiwi, sesame, ⁠dogs, cats, horse, ⁠pollen, flaxseed, ⁠chia, poppy seed, buckwheat, millet, peas, chestnut, quinoa, rye, oats and ⁠pumpkin.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Investors are returning from the long weekend with some optimism as that old chestnut — hopes for an Iran peace pact — is helping push bond yields lower and stock futures higher.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

The sweet and soft nut plays a large role in traditional mountain cooking and tradition because in places where you couldn’t grow wheat or barley, there were still chestnut trees.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

Right at the last second she went like a blur up the side of a horse chestnut tree, stopping just out of reach.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The charms of those “Mystery!” chestnuts resided largely in heroes who were, if not rigid, then regularly, reliably eccentric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

"They're grazing on bramble, we're already seeing a bit of an early autumn, and it won't be long before sweet chestnuts are beginning to fall, so there is plenty of food for them."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

His programming is a kind of wish-list of the new and recent with newly-buffed chestnuts, and it’s worked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The sweet and nutty aroma of roasted chestnuts, the surprising softness as you take your first bite.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

There are horse chestnuts in the gutters, wet-looking and glossy; we fill the pockets of our cardigans with them, uncertain what to use them for.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood