Conkers
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Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is p
The game of conkers is played with a horse-chestnut seed with a string threaded through it.
A selection of fresh conkers from a horse chestnut tree
Tools used to string a conker
Hymenaea courbaril seeds are used to play a similar game in Puerto Rico.
Aesculus hippocastanum
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Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the maple, soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large, deciduous, synoecious tree. It is also called horse-ch
Conkers
…Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece…
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Typical rootstock of a Aesculus hippocastanum.