The hard smooth shining brown seed or ‘nut’ of the tree described in sense 2.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > horse-chestnut tree and allies > [noun] > nut (4) horse chestnut1611 The hard smooth shining brown seed or ‘nut’ of the tree described in sense 2. buckeye1785 Botany. The nut or fruit of the buckeye; a chestnut from the buckeye. Also attributive. chestnut1842 Applied to the tree Æsculus Hippocastanum, or to its seed; more fully called horse chestnut, n. conker1847 A horse chestnut (formerly a snail-shell) used in the game; hence gen. a snail-shell or horse chestnut. Cf. conqueror, n. 1f and conquering, n. b. |
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