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Horse-chestnut
(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] |
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horse-chestnut family
(encz) | horse-chestnut family, n: |
Horsechestnut
(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] |
horse-chestnut family
(wn) | horse-chestnut family
n 1: trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a
leathery capsule [syn: Hippocastanaceae, {family
Hippocastanaceae}, horse-chestnut family] |
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