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Chestnut. The chestnut, also known as a night eye, [1] is a callosity on the body of a horse or other equine, found on the inner side of the leg above the knee on the foreleg and, if present, below the hock on the hind leg. It is believed to be a vestigial toe, and along with the ergot form the three toes of some other extinct Equidae.
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, [1] [2] [3] is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large, deciduous, synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree. [4] It is also called horse-chestnut, [5] European horsechestnut, [6] buckeye, [7] and conker tree. [8]
Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye Flower of Aesculus x carnea, the red horse chestnut Fruit of a Horse-chestnut still in a half cocoon of which the fragile sprout has already reached the soil. The genus Aesculus ( / ˈ ɛ s k j ʊ l ə s / [ 1 ] or / ˈ aɪ s k j ʊ l ə s / ), with species called buckeye and horse chestnut , comprises 13–19 ...
Aesculus glabra, commonly known as Ohio buckeye, [2] Texas buckeye, [3] fetid buckeye, [3] and horse chestnut [3] is a species of tree in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) native to North America. Its natural range is primarily in the Midwestern and lower Great Plains regions of the United States, extending southeast into the geological Black ...
A chestnut-colored horse chestnut 1. Chestnut (coat): A reddish-brown coat color with matching or lighter-colored mane and tail. [1]: 42 2. Chestnut (horse anatomy): A callosity on the inside of each leg, thought to possibly be a vestigial remnant of the pad of a toe. [1]: 42 Not present on the hind legs of donkeys and zebras.
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Aesculus × carnea, or red horse-chestnut, [1] is a medium-sized tree, an artificial hybrid between A. pavia (red buckeye) and A. hippocastanum (horse-chestnut). Its origin uncertain, probably appearing in Germany before 1820. It is a popular tree in large gardens and parks; and is even present in Hyde Park, London. [2]
This tree measured over 50 ft (15 m) in circumference at 5 ft (1.5 m) from the ground in 1720. The Hundred Horse Chestnut in the chestnut forests on Mount Etna is the oldest living chestnut tree and is said to be even larger. Chestnut trees particularly flourish in the Mediterranean basin. [4]