horse chestnut

See also: horse-chestnut

English

Aesculus hippocastanum

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Etymology

Translating obsolete Latin name Castanea equina.

Noun

horse chestnut (plural horse chestnuts)

  1. A species of trees of the genus Aesculus, common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres.
  2. The large nutlike seed of these trees.
    Synonyms: buckeye (US), conker (UK)

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