horse chestnut

noun
🔊/ˌhɔːs ˈtʃesnʌt/
🔊/ˌhɔːrs ˈtʃesnʌt/
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  1. a large tall tree with spreading branches, white or pink flowers and nuts that grow inside cases that are covered with short spikes 七叶树;马栗
    see also chestnutTopics Plants and treesc2
  2. the smooth brown nut of the horse chestnut tree 七叶树的坚果synonym conker
  3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: translating (now obsolete) botanical Latin Castanea equina; its fruit is said to have been an Eastern remedy for chest diseases in horses.