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horse chestnut

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See also: horse-chestnut

English

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Aesculus hippocastanum
horse chestnut seeds

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Etymology

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Translating obsolete Latin name Castanea equina.

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Noun

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horse chestnut (plural horse chestnuts)

  1. Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.
  2. The large nutlike seed of these trees.

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