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What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fall on the ground they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.
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[nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fall on the ground they turn brown.
- [nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees?
- They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes.
- When they fall on the ground they turn brown.
- [/nq] chestnuts, maybe?
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[nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fall on the ground they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
chestnuts, maybe?
chestnuts, maybe?
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[nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fall on the ground they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
They're fruits.
[nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fall on the ground they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
They're fruits.
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[nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fall on the ground they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
Horse Chestnuts? They hold conkers inside.
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Horse Chestnuts? They hold conkers inside.
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[nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fall on the ground they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
Could be sweet gum seedpods.
Could be sweet gum seedpods.
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[nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fallon the ground they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
burrs
Adrian
burrs
Adrian
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Hmm they could be conkers, or they could be the fruits of the linden tree?
Louisa
Essex, England, Europe
Louisa
Essex, England, Europe
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[nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fall on the ground they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
depends what kind of tree they are growing on.
depends what kind of tree they are growing on.
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[nq:2]What is the name of the green prickly things that ... they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
[nq:1]Could be sweet gum seedpods.[/nq]
Interesting. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the second half of the '70s schoolkids called those or something similar gumballs. I wonder if that derives from the "sweet gum" designation.
Of course, I was told the trees they came
[nq:1]Could be sweet gum seedpods.[/nq]
Interesting. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the second half of the '70s schoolkids called those or something similar gumballs. I wonder if that derives from the "sweet gum" designation.
Of course, I was told the trees they came
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[nq:1]What is the name of the green prickly things that grow on some trees? They look like cherries but they are covered in little spikes. When they fall on the ground they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
What kind of trees, and where?
Sycamores produce these in abundance, as does sweet gum (Liquidambar). We call them "spike *****"; people who step on them while wa
What kind of trees, and where?
Sycamores produce these in abundance, as does sweet gum (Liquidambar). We call them "spike *****"; people who step on them while wa
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[nq:2]What is the name of the green prickly things that ... they turn brown. I don't think they are called thistles.[/nq]
[nq:1]What kind of trees, and where? Sycamores produce these in abundance, as does sweet gum (Liquidambar). We call them "spike ... no better term: "seedballs", as the ball is really a collection of many individual fruits. The individual fruits are "achenes".[/nq]
Eurek
[nq:1]What kind of trees, and where? Sycamores produce these in abundance, as does sweet gum (Liquidambar). We call them "spike ... no better term: "seedballs", as the ball is really a collection of many individual fruits. The individual fruits are "achenes".[/nq]
Eurek
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