horse chestnut

См. также в других словарях:

• horse chestnut — noun Date: 1597 1. a large tree (Aesculus hippocastanum of the family Hippocastanaceae, the horse chestnut family) of southeastern Europe that has palmate leaves and erect conical clusters of showy flowers and is widely cultivated as an… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Horse-chestnut — may refer to:* Horse chestnut (tree), the genus Aesculus of 20–25 species of deciduous trees and shrubs * Horse chestnut leaf miner, moth of the lepidopteran family Gracillariidae * Horse Chestnut (horse), a South African Thoroughbred racehorse …   Wikipedia

• Horse-chestnut — Horse chest nut, Horsechestnut Horse chest nut, n. 1. (Bot.) The large nutlike seed of a species of {[AE]sculus} ({[AE]sculus Hippocastanum}), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible by humans.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• horse-chestnut — noun конский каштан (дерево и плод) …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

• 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 — [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 * * * …   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

• horse-chestnut — Общая лексика: конский каштан …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• horse-chestnut — [ hɔːs ʧesnʌt] конский каштан …   Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь