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horse chestnut

horse chest·nut
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hawrs ches-nuht, -nuh t]
    • /hɔrs ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt, -nət/
    • /hɔːs ˈtʃes.nʌt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawrs ches-nuht, -nuh t]
    • /hɔrs ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt, -nət/

Definitions of horse chestnut words

  • noun horse chestnut a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers. 1
  • noun horse chestnut the shiny, brown, nutlike seed of this tree or of other trees of the genus Aesculus. 1
  • noun horse chestnut conker tree 1
  • noun horse chestnut conker 1
  • variable noun horse chestnut A horse chestnut is a large tree which has leaves with several pointed parts and shiny reddish-brown nuts called conkers that grow in cases with points on them. 0
  • countable noun horse chestnut Horse chestnuts are the nuts of a horse chestnut tree. They are more commonly called conkers. 0
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Origin of horse chestnut

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; translation of New Latin castanea equīna; so named from its use in treating respiratory diseases of horses

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Parts of speech for Horse chestnut

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Horse chestnut

horse chestnut popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

horse chestnut usage trend in Literature

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