3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Horse-chestnut \Horse`-chest"nut\, Horsechestnut \Horse`chest"nut\, n. 1. (Bot.) The large nutlike seed of a species of {Aesculus} ({Aesculus Hippocastanum}), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible by humans. [WordNet sense 2] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 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] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: conker \conk"er\ (k[o^][ng]k"[~e]r), n. the inedible nutlike seed of the horsechestnut. Syn: buckeye, horsechestnut, horse-chestnut. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: conker n : the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut [syn: {buckeye}, {horse chestnut}]
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