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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈhorse ˌchest•nut, n. [countable]- Plant Biologya shrub or tree with large leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- Plant Biologythe shiny brown nutlike seed of this tree.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024horse′ chest′nut, - Plant Biologya tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- Plant Biologythe shiny, brown, nutlike seed of this tree or of other trees of the genus Aesculus.
- 1590–1600; translation of Neo-Latin castanea equīna; so named from its use in treating respiratory diseases of horses
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: horse chestnut n - 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
Etymology: 16th Century: so called from its having been used in the treatment of respiratory disease in horses |