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horse-chestnutnoun
A species of trees of the genus Aesculus as it is known in Eurasia, common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres and called buckeyes in America.
horse-chestnutnoun
The large nutlike seed of these trees.
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horse-chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large, deciduous, synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree. It is also called horse-chestnut, European horsechestnut, buckeye, and conker tree. It is not to be confused with the Spanish chestnut, Castanea sativa, which is a tree in another family, Fagaceae.: 371
Webster Dictionary
Horse-chestnutnoun
the large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name
Horse-chestnutnoun
the tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of horse-chestnut in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of horse-chestnut in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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