NOUN | plant | Aesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut, buckeye | tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds |
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Meaning | Tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds. | |
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Synonyms | horse chestnut, buckeye | |
Member of | Aesculus, genus Aesculus | deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America |
Narrower | Ohio buckeye | A buckeye with scaly grey bark that is found in the central United States |
dwarf buckeye, bottlebrush buckeye | A spreading shrub with pink flowers | |
particolored buckeye | A buckeye marked by different colors or tints | |
red buckeye | A shrub buckeye of southern United States | |
sweet buckeye | A tall and often cultivated buckeye of the central United States | |
Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
Catalan | Aesculus hippocastanum |
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