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Castanopsis (Castanea and opsis, chestnut-like) Fagaceae. Ornamental trees or shrubs sometimes cultivated for their handsome evergreen foliage.

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Closely allied to Castanea, but pistillate fls. usually on separate catkins, sometimes solitary; ovary 3-celled. fr. ripening the second year: involucre sometimes tuberculate; winter-buds with many scales; terminal bud present: lvs. evergreen, entire or dentate.—About 25 species, chiefly in the tropical and subtropical mountains of Asia, and 1 in W. N. Amer., which is the hardiest, and is sometimes cult.; also several Chinese species have been recently intro. into cult., but their names have not yet been determined. For prop, see Castanea.

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