NOUN | plant | horse chestnut, buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum | tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds |
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plant | horse chestnut, buckeye, conker | the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut |
Meaning | Tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds. | |
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Synonyms | buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum | |
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 |
Meaning | The inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut. | |
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Synonyms | buckeye, conker | |
Broader | seed | A small hard fruit |
Spanish | castaña de Indias |
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