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In biology, a hard, flat, flexible outgrowth of the digits of primates (humans, monkeys, and apes). Nails are composed of keratin.



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They used to combine wine-making with work as blacksmiths -- Caboche is their family nickname, and is an old Provençal word for horseshoe nails, a fact you can ponder as you happily sip at this lovely soft,
Other trees have quite thick twigs like horse chestnut with its large, sticky, brown buds and scars where the leaves were attached that are shaped like a horseshoe and have small dots like horseshoe nails - hence the name of the tree.
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