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Tree, one with four legs (old joke)
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horse chestnut
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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 ...
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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 ]
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Horse chestnut may refer to: Horse-chestnut tree or Aesculus hippocastanum , a species of large deciduous tree Horse chestnuts, Eurasian species of the genus Aesculus Horse Chestnut (horse) , a South African Thoroughbred racehorse Chestnut (coat) , a common ...
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.