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1. (n.) horse chestnut
any shrub or tree of the genus Aesculus, esp. A. hippocastanum, with large compound leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
2. horse chestnut
the shiny brown nutlike seed of trees of the genus
Aesculus.
Etymology: (1590–1600; trans. of NL castanea equīna; so named from its use in treating respiratory diseases of horses)
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1. (noun) horse chestnut, buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum
tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
2. (noun) buckeye, horse chestnut, conker
the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
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