horse chestnuts
Spiky green pods
Horse chestnuts are the large, shiny brown seeds of the horse chestnut tree, enclosed in spiky green husks.
Despite the name, they're unrelated to edible chestnuts and are mildly toxic.
In Britain, children thread them on strings for the game of conkers.
The trees themselves produce distinctive white flower clusters in spring.
- buckeyeNorth American nut tree
- conkerHard seed on string
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- autumn festivalsSeasonal harvest-time celebrations
- fall foliageSeasonal leaf coloration
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