horse chestnut
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See also: horse-chestnut
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Illustration_Aesculus_hippocastanum0_clean.jpg/160px-Illustration_Aesculus_hippocastanum0_clean.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Aesculus_hippocastanum_fruit.jpg/220px-Aesculus_hippocastanum_fruit.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Translating obsolete Latin name Castanea equina.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]horse chestnut (plural horse chestnuts)
- Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.
- The large nutlike seed of these trees.
Synonyms
[edit]- (tree): buckeye (US), conker tree (UK, informal)
- (seed): buckeye (US), conker (UK)
Translations
[edit]tree
seed
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Further reading
[edit]- “horse-chestnut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
horse chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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