Horse-chestnut synonyms

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buckeye
Any of several North American trees or shrubs of the genus Aesculus, having palmately compound leaves, erect panicles of white, yellow, or red flowers, and a leathery capsule containing one or more large seeds. All parts of the plant are poisonous.
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Aesculus hippocastanum
tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
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conker
A horse chestnut
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Horse-chestnut Sentence Examples

  • The peach, horse-chestnut, lilac, morello cherry, black currant, rhododendron and many other trees and shrubs develop flower-buds for the next season speedily after blossoming, and these may be stimulated into premature growth.

  • - Palmately compound leaf of the Horse-chestnut (Aesculus Hippocastanum).

  • Leaves which are articulated with the stem, as in the walnut and horse-chestnut, fall and leave a scar, while those which are continuous with it remain attached for some time after they have lost their vitality.

  • CHESTNUT (nux Castanea), the common name given to two sorts of trees and their fruit, (r) the so-called "horse-chestnut," and (2) the sweet or "Spanish" chestnut.

  • (r) The common horse-chestnut, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Ger.

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