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horse_chestnut
horse chestnut
See also: horse-chestnut
English
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Aesculus hippocastanum
Alternative forms
Noun
horse chestnut (plural horse chestnuts)
- A species of trees of the genus Aesculus, common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres.
- The large nutlike seed of these trees, also known as a conker.
Synonyms
- buckeye (US)
Translations
tree
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seed
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External links
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horse chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Aesculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- horse-chestnut in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913