family Hippocastanaceae

family Hippocastanaceae
noun
trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule
Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindales, ↑order Sapindales
Member Meronyms: ↑Aesculus, ↑genus Aesculus

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  • Hippocastanaceae — Taxobox name = Hippocastanaceae image caption = Aesculus × carnea in flower. regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Sapindales familia = Hippocastanaceae familia authority = DC.… …   Wikipedia

  • horse-chestnut family — Family Hippocastanaceae, composed of the buckeyes and the horse chestnuts (genus Aesculus), native to the northern temperate zone. The best known species of horse chestnut is the common, or European, horse chestnut (A. hippocastanum), native to… …   Universalium

  • horse-chestnut family — noun trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule • Syn: ↑Hippocastanaceae, ↑family Hippocastanaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindales, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • dicot family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • magnoliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • horse chestnut family — horse′ chest nut fam ily n. pln a plant family, Hippocastanaceae, of trees with palmately compound leaves and terminal clusters of white, red, or yellow flowers …   From formal English to slang

  • List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… …   Wikipedia

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  • Sapindales — ▪ plant order Introduction  order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, containing 9 families, about 460 genera, and some 5,700 species of shrubs, woody vines, and trees. It includes the Citrus genus and other species important for their fruits.… …   Universalium

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