Definition von horse chestnut im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
{i} tree that bears leaves that resemble fingers and clusters of white flowers and brown smooth bitter nutlike seed that cannot be eaten; bitter nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
Horse chestnuts are the nuts of a horse chestnut tree. They are more commonly called conkers
tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
A horse chestnut is a large tree which has leaves with several pointed parts and shiny reddish-brown nuts called conkers that grow in cases with points on them
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
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 southeastern Europe but widely cultivated as a large shade and street tree. The Champs-Élysées in Paris is lined with rows of horse-chestnut trees
The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres
horse chestnut
Silbentrennung
horse chest·nut
Türkische aussprache
hôrs çestnʌt
Aussprache
/ˈhôrs ˈʧestˌnət/ /ˈhɔːrs ˈʧɛstˌnʌt/
Etymologie
[ 'hors ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English hors, from Old English; akin to Old High German hros horse.