- Aesculus
- noundeciduous trees or some shrubs of North America; southeastern Europe; eastern Asia• Syn: ↑genus Aesculus• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Hippocastanaceae, ↑family Hippocastanaceae, ↑horse-chestnut family• Member Meronyms: ↑horse chestnut, ↑buckeye, ↑Aesculus hippocastanum
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\\ˈeskyələs\ nounUsage: capitalized: a genus of trees and shrubs (family Hippocastanaceae) found in north temperate regions with palmately divided leaves, showy flowers in ample panicles, and large shiny seeds — see buckeye, horse chestnut* * *
Aesculus /ēsˈkū-ləs/nounThe horse-chestnut genus of the family HippocastanaceaeORIGIN: L aesculus a species of oak• • •aesˈcūlin nounA glucoside in horse-chestnut bark
Useful english dictionary. 2012.