Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. hardwood
12. chestnut (wood)

Anotations

Scope note:

Wood of the species Castanea sativa, native to southwestern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor. The heartwood is yellowish-brown in color, closely resembling oak but lacking its silver grain characteristics. It is used in the making of furniture, coffin boards, turnery, and fence poles.