HyperDic: aesculus_hippocastanum

English > 1 sense of the expression Aesculus hippocastanum:
NOUNplantAesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut, buckeyetree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
English > Aesculus hippocastanum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds.
Synonymshorse chestnut, buckeye
Member ofAesculus, genus Aesculusdeciduous trees or some shrubs of North America
NarrowerOhio buckeyeA buckeye with scaly grey bark that is found in the central United States
dwarf buckeye, bottlebrush buckeyeA spreading shrub with pink flowers
particolored buckeyeA buckeye marked by different colors or tints
red buckeyeA shrub buckeye of southern United States
sweet buckeyeA tall and often cultivated buckeye of the central United States
Broaderangiospermous tree, flowering treeAny tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
CatalanAesculus hippocastanum

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