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Answer for the clue "Her sons cut the damaged tree ", 14 letters:
horse chestnut

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds [syn: buckeye , Aesculus hippocastanum ] the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut [syn: buckeye , conker ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Horse Chestnut (foaled 19 August 1995) is a champion thoroughbred racehorse bred in South Africa by Harry F. Oppenheimer at his Mauritzfontein Stud in Kimberley . His sire is Fort Wood who, as of 2007, has sired ten Group One winners, including Dynasty ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 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, also known as a '''conker'''. n. 1 A species of trees of the genus ''Aesculus'', common in the temperate zones ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Some leaves are especially toxic: those of evergreens like holly and laurel, as well as horse chestnut and willows. ▪ The familiar figure of Selwyn Hopkins sat on the bench under the horse chestnut tree, gazing out over the estuary. ...

Usage examples of horse chestnut.

She felt instead the prickly outline of a horse chestnut's hull, and pulled her hand away as though she'd been burned.

It overlooked the lawn at the rear of the house, a patch of coarse grass with some untended flowerbeds and a horse chestnut at the end.

A translucent youth and maiden stepped from the boles of horse chestnut saplings, to twine arms and kiss, her girdle a lattice of misty emeralds.

Right at the last second she went like a blur up the side of a horse chestnut tree, stopping just out of reach.