HORSE-CHESTNUT


Meaning of HORSE-CHESTNUT in English

( n. )

The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes.

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