HyperDic: horse-chestnut_family

English > 1 sense of the expression horse-chestnut family:
NOUNplanthorse-chestnut family, Hippocastanaceae, family Hippocastanaceaetrees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule
English > horse-chestnut family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTrees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule.
SynonymsHippocastanaceae, family Hippocastanaceae
Member ofSapindales, order SapindalesAn order of dicotyledonous plants
MembersAesculus, genus Aesculusdeciduous trees or some shrubs of North America
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishhipocastanáceas

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