Hippocastanaceae

noun

trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule

• Syn: ↑family Hippocastanaceae, ↑horse-chestnut family

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindales, ↑order Sapindales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Aesculus, ↑genus Aesculus

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\\ˌhipəˌkastəˈnāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Hippocastanum, type genus in former classifications (from hipp- + Greek kastanon chestnut) + -aceae

: a family of trees (order Sapindales) having opposite palmately lobed leaves, showy flowers in large clusters, and nutlike seeds encased in a leathery capsule and including the buckeyes

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Hippocastanaceae /hip-ō-kas-tə-nāˈsi-ē/

plural noun

The horse chestnut family

ORIGIN: hippo-, and Gr kastanon chestnut tree