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   conker , n. the inedible nutlike seed of the horsechestnut.
   Syn. -- buckeye, horsechestnut, horse-chestnut.
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   Horse-chestnut, Horsechestnut , n.
   (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. [wns=2]
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   (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. [wns=1]
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