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Chestnut Tree

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Gen. 30:37³⁷And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. (Genesis 30:37); Ezek. 31:8⁸The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. (Ezekiel 31:8)); the plane-tree is meant.

Concise Bible Dictionary:

When the Assyrian is compared to a great tree it is described as excelling in its beauty the branches of the chestnut tree (Ezek. 31:8⁸The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. (Ezekiel 31:8)). It is identified with the “Plane-tree” which grows in Palestine. It was known to Jacob (Gen. 30:37³⁷And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. (Genesis 30:37)). It is the Platanus orientalis. It thrives best in a rich moist soil, and is a noble and beautiful tree.