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Answer for the clue "Tree, one with four legs (old joke) ", 14 letters:
horse chestnut

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...

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 ]

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. ...

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 ...

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.