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Horse-chestnut \Horse`-chest"nut\, Horsechestnut
\Horse`chest"nut\, n.
1. (Bot.) The large nutlike seed of a species of {[AE]sculus}
({[AE]sculus Hippocastanum}), formerly ground, and fed to
horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible
by humans. [WordNet sense 2]
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2. (Bot.) The tree itself ({Aesculus hippocastanum}), which
was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the
sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate
zones of both hemispheres; it has palmate leaves and large
clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny
inedible seeds. The native American species is also called
{buckeye} and {conker}. [WordNet sense 1]
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