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11Horse-radish — Horse rad ish, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Nasturtium} ({Nasturtium Armoracia}), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine. Gray. [1913 Webster] {Horse radish tree}.… …
12horse-chestnut — 1590s, from HORSE (Cf. horse) + CHESTNUT (Cf. chestnut). A tree probably native to Asia, introduced in England c.1550; the name also was extended to similar N.Amer. species such as the buckeye. Said to have been so called because it was food for… …
13horse chestnut — ► NOUN 1) a large deciduous tree producing nuts (conkers) enclosed in a spiny case. 2) a conker. ORIGIN horse chestnuts are said to have been an Eastern remedy for chest diseases in horses …
14horse chestnut — horse′ chest nut n. 1) pln any shrub or tree of the genus Aesculus, esp. A. hippocastanum, with large compound leaves and upright clusters of white flowers 2) pln the shiny brown nutlike seed of trees of the genus Aesculus[/ex] • Etymology:… …
15Horse-chestnut leaf miner — Taxobox name = Cameraria ohridella status = secure image width = 250px image caption = Horse chestnut leaf miner regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera superfamilia = Gracillarioidea familia = Gracillariidae… …
16horse chestnut — 1. a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers. 2. the shiny, brown, nutlike seed of this tree or of other trees of the genus Aesculus. [1590 1600; trans. of NL castanea… …
17Horse Show Fountain — The Horse Show Fountain, also known as the Wright Bock Fountain, is located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The fountain, first erected in 1909, has been widely attributed to both sculptor Richard Bock and architect… …
18horse racing — Sport of running horses at speed. Typically, Thoroughbreds are raced with a rider astride and Standardbreds with the horse pulling a conveyance with a driver. Though racing has an ancient lineage, the first regularly organized national races were …
19horse chestnut — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms horse chestnut : singular horse chestnut plural horse chestnuts 1) a large tree with white or pink flowers and wide branches that produces shiny hard brown seeds inside round cases with sharp points 2) a seed… …
20horse — n. & v. n. 1 a a solid hoofed plant eating quadruped, Equus caballus, with flowing mane and tail, used for riding and to carry and pull loads. b an adult male horse; a stallion or gelding. c any other four legged mammal of the genus Equus,… …
