horse chestnut
a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
the shiny, brown, nutlike seed of this tree or of other trees of the genus Aesculus.
Origin of horse chestnut
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How to use horse chestnut in a sentence
Then he felt better, especially after he had rubbed a horse chestnut on his sore leg.
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. GarisHer perfectly arranged hair was glossy brown, with glints in it like the colour of a horse-chestnut.
December Love | Robert HichensSeveral people stood before the Rectory, beneath the shade of a large horse-chestnut tree.
The Fourth Watch | H. A. CodyMany Americans wear the seed of the horse-chestnut, and many others wear lucky coins.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | AnonymousI tried in vain to get his honest opinion on horse-chestnut blossoms as compared with apples and peaches and apricots.
Riviera Towns | Herbert Adams Gibbons
British Dictionary definitions for horse chestnut
any of several trees of the genus Aesculus, esp the Eurasian A. hippocastanum, having palmate leaves, erect clusters of white, pink, or red flowers, and brown shiny inedible nuts enclosed in a spiky bur: family Hippocastanaceae
Also called: conker the nut of this tree
Origin of horse chestnut
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