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bears acorns and must therefore bean oak. The sketch 
shows the two leaves side by side. 
Let us examine them closely. Although they slightly 
resemble each other, by looking carefully we see that the 
teeth on the chestnut leaf are pointed, while those on 
the chestnut oak are decidedly rounded. There is also 
Chestnut Chestnut Oak 
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a difference in proportion, as the chestnut leaf is long 
and narrow, while that of the chestnut oak is broader. 
There are several varieties of chestnut oak, but their 
leaves are quite similar and they all belong to the white- 
oak group and ripen their acorns in one season. They 
grow to a large size, one famous from Revolutionary 
