(Encyclopedia) chestnut, name for any species of the genus Castanea, deciduous trees of the family Fagaceae (beech or oak family) widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. They are characterized…
(Jeffrey Hyman)punk rockerBorn: 5/19/1951Birthplace: Queens, New York Unconventional musician who founded the Ramones, a pioneering punk band whose influence extends from the Sex Pistols and the…
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(Encyclopedia) horse chestnut, common name for some members of the Hippocastanaceae, a family of trees and shrubs of the north temperate zones and of South America. The horse chestnut tree, Aesculus…
(Encyclopedia) chinquapinchinquapinchĭngˈkəpĭn [key] [Algonquian], name for certain American species of the chestnut genus of the family Fagaceae (beech family) and for a related species, the golden…
(Encyclopedia) Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts…
MARKEY, Edward John, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Malden, Middlesex County, Mass., July 11, 1946; attended Immaculate Conception Grammar School, Malden, Mass.; graduated from…
CONTE, Silvio Ottavio, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., November 9, 1921; graduated from Pittsfield Vocational High School, Pittsfield, Mass.,…
(Encyclopedia) wirehaired pointing griffon, breed of medium-sized sporting dog developed in Holland and France in the late 19th cent. It stands about 22 in. (56 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs…
