horse chestnut
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horse chestnut
- /ˌhɔːs ˈtʃɛsnʌt/ UK
- /ˌhɔɹs ˈtʃɛsnʌt/ US
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Calque of translingual Castanea equina (literally “equine chestnut”).
noun horse chestnuts · horse-chestnut
- Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.
- The large nutlike seed of these trees.
