chestnut vs Castanea pumila

Castanea pumila vs chestnut

chestnut and Castanea pumila both are nouns.

chestnut is an adjective but Castanea pumila is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chestnut	Yes	Yes	No	No
Castanea pumila	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Castanea pumila is a hyponym of chestnut; that is, Castanea pumila is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chestnut:

chestnut: any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
Castanea pumila: shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts

Other hyponyms of chestnut include American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata, Castanea sativa, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut, Castanea mollissima, Chinese chestnut, Castanea crenata, Japanese chestnut, Allegheny chinkapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis, chinquapin, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin.

chestnut (noun)	Castanea pumila (noun)
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse	shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
the brown color of chestnuts
edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea

chestnut (adjective)	Castanea pumila (adjective)
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

Difference between chestnut and Castanea pumila

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