horse chestnut

horse chestnut

See also: horse-chestnut

English

Aesculus hippocastanum

Alternative forms

• horse-chestnut

Etymology

Translating obsolete Latin name Castanea equina.

Noun

horse chestnut (plural horse chestnuts)

1. A species of trees of the genus Aesculus, common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres.
2. The large nutlike seed of these trees.

   Synonyms: buckeye (US), conker (UK)

Translations

tree

Bulgarian: див кестен m (div kesten), конски кестен m (konski kesten) Dutch: paardenkastanje (nl) m Finnish: hevoskastanja (fi) French: marronnier (fr) m, marronnier d’Inde (fr) m German: Rosskastanie (de) f, Kastanie (de) f Greek: αγριοκαστανιά f (agriokastaniá) Italian: ippocastano (it) m, castagno d'India m Latin: please add this translation if you can Norman: chât'nyi à j'va m Norwegian: Bokmål: hestekastanje m Nynorsk: hestekastanje m

Polish: kasztanowiec (pl) m Portuguese: castanha-da-índia f, castanheira-da-índia f, castanheiro-da-índia m Romanian: castan (ro) m, castan sălbatic m Russian: ко́нский кашта́н m (kónskij kaštán) Scottish Gaelic: craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich f Slovak: pagaštan konský (sk) Spanish: castaño de Indias m Swedish: hästkastanj c Turkish: at kestanesi (tr) Volapük: skäulep, skäulabim (vo) Welsh: castanwydden y meirch f, marchgastanwydden f

seed

French: marron (fr) m, marron d’Inde (fr) m German: Rosskastanie (de) f, Kastanie (de) f Italian: castagna d'India f Manx: castan ny gabbil m Portuguese: castanha-da-índia f Russian: ко́нский кашта́н m (kónskij kaštán)

Spanish: castaño de Indias m Swedish: hästkastanj c Turkish: at kestanesi (tr) Volapük: skäul (vo) Welsh: castan y meirch f, marchgastan f, cneuen geffylau f

Further reading

• horse-chestnut in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• horse chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aesculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies