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Aesculus Hippocastanum
(gcide) | Horse-chestnut \Horse`-chest"nut\, Horsechestnut
\Horse`chest"nut\, n.
1. (Bot.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus
(Aesculus Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to
horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible
by humans. [WordNet sense 2]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. (Bot.) The tree itself (Aesculus hippocastanum), which
was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the
sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate
zones of both hemispheres; it has palmate leaves and large
clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny
inedible seeds. The native American species is also called
buckeye and conker. [WordNet sense 1]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] |
AEsculus hippocastanum
(gcide) | Esculin \Es*cu"lin\, n. [See Esculic.] (Chem.)
A glucoside obtained from the [AE]sculus hippocastanum, or
horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue
fluorescent solutions. [Written also [ae]sculin.]
[1913 Webster] |
aesculus hippocastanum
(wn) | Aesculus hippocastanum
n 1: tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to
red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds [syn:
horse chestnut, buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum] |
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Aesculus hippocastanum
(gcide) | Horse-chestnut \Horse`-chest"nut\, Horsechestnut
\Horse`chest"nut\, n.
1. (Bot.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus
(Aesculus Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to
horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible
by humans. [WordNet sense 2]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. (Bot.) The tree itself (Aesculus hippocastanum), which
was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the
sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate
zones of both hemispheres; it has palmate leaves and large
clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny
inedible seeds. The native American species is also called
buckeye and conker. [WordNet sense 1]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]Esculin \Es*cu"lin\, n. [See Esculic.] (Chem.)
A glucoside obtained from the [AE]sculus hippocastanum, or
horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue
fluorescent solutions. [Written also [ae]sculin.]
[1913 Webster] |
AEsculus hippocastanum
(gcide) | Horse-chestnut \Horse`-chest"nut\, Horsechestnut
\Horse`chest"nut\, n.
1. (Bot.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus
(Aesculus Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to
horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible
by humans. [WordNet sense 2]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. (Bot.) The tree itself (Aesculus hippocastanum), which
was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the
sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate
zones of both hemispheres; it has palmate leaves and large
clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny
inedible seeds. The native American species is also called
buckeye and conker. [WordNet sense 1]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]Esculin \Es*cu"lin\, n. [See Esculic.] (Chem.)
A glucoside obtained from the [AE]sculus hippocastanum, or
horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue
fluorescent solutions. [Written also [ae]sculin.]
[1913 Webster] |
aesculus hippocastanum
(wn) | Aesculus hippocastanum
n 1: tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to
red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds [syn:
horse chestnut, buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum] |
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