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No. The buckeye is the nut of several tree species of the genus Aesculus. The chestnut is a genus of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, family Sapindaceae.

There are also some Eurasian Aesculus species that are called horse chestnuts.

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