this is actually i difficult question to answer. Many say that this is a nut but when it comes down to it the chest"nut" is actually a seed. It qualifies as a seed more than a nut.
Chestnut
They are actually fruits, with shells enclosing cotyledons (A leaf of the embryo of a seed plant, which upon germination either remains in the seed or emerges, enlarges, and becomes green).
They are actually fruits, with shells enclosing cotyledons (A leaf of the embryo of a seed plant, which upon germination either remains in the seed or emerges, enlarges, and becomes green).
Yes in coventry, Rhode island there is. Nut looks like basic horse chestnut but outside husk has so spines at all! Is this some kind of hybrid?
yes its the nut of a horse chestnut tree.
Nut
Chestnut or as we always called them as children 'conkers' xx
It is the horse chestnut that produces conkers.
Chestnut
no but they are in the nut family together
No, chestnut, the nut, is a common noun. Chestnut can also be an adjective when used to describe a particular shade of brown.
An Italian Chestnut, is a type of nut you eat. A horse chestnut is the scabby looking circular spot on the insides of both front and hind legs. This spot is believed to be where the horses of ancient times's third toe came from. I would not suggest eating a horse chestnut. :-)