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horse-chestnut

Translation
horse-chestnut
horse-chestnut [hôrs′ches΄nut]
adj.
〚transl. of obs. botanical L Castanea equina: reason for name uncert.〛
designating a family (Hippocastanaceae, order Sapindales) of dicotyledonous trees, including the horse chestnuts

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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  • horse chestnut — 1. a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers. 2. the shiny, brown, nutlike seed of this tree or of other trees of the genus Aesculus. [1590 1600; trans. of NL castanea… …   Universalium

  • horse-chestnut — noun a) A species of trees of the genus Aesculus as it is known in Eurasia, common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres and called buckeyes in America. b) The large nutlike seed of these trees …   Wiktionary

  • horse chestnut — [ˌhɔːs tʃestnʌt] 1) Биология: конский каштан обыкновенный (Aesculus hippocastanum) 2) Ботаника: конский каштан обыкновенный (Aesculus hippocastanium), каштан конский (Aesculus hippocastanum) 3) Сельское хозяйство: каштан обыкновенный (Aesculus… …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

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