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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
horse chestnut
ˌhorse ˈchestnut [horse chestnut horse chestnuts] BrE NAmE noun 
1. a large tall tree with spreading branches, white or pink flowers and nuts that grow inside cases which are covered with ↑spikes
see also ↑chestnut
2. the smooth brown nut of the horse chestnut tree
compare ↑conker
Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: translating (now obsolete) botanical Latin Castanea equina; its fruit is said to have been an Eastern remedy for chest diseases in horses.
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