horse-chestnut
基本解释
[医] 马栗树, 七叶树
英文释义
n. The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus
(Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the
name.
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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