1) Burr-encrusted item 2) Conker 3) Deciduous tree 4) Type of tree
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1) Dangerous greenery 2) Dangerous vegetation 3) Dangerous plant 4) Dicey vegetation 5) Dicey plant 6) Dicey greenery 7) Dicey flora to eat 8) Dicey plant to eat 9) Dodgy flora to eat 10) Dodgy plant to eat 11) Exclusively Saxon word 12) Exclusively Anglo word 13) Flora with toxic properties 14) Hazardous vegetation
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[horse] Horse Chestnut (foaled 19 August 1995) is a champion thoroughbred racehorse bred in South Africa by Harry F. Oppenheimer at his Mauritzfontein Stud in Kimberley. Sired by Fort Wood who, as of 2007, has sired ten Group One winners, including Dynasty, the 2003 South African Horse of the Year. Fort Wood is a son of the British champion...
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• (n.) 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. The native American species are called buckeyes. • (n.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the n...
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any of several trees belonging to the genus Aesculus in the horse chestnut family (Hippocastanaceae), native to the North Temperate Zone. They have ...
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(Aesculus) These trees are natives of North America, Europe and Asia and are commonly known as Buckeyes and Horse Chestnuts. These beautiful trees are suitable for planting along roads, in parks and gardens, and near the sea. A. Hippocastanum (Common Horse Chestnut) is a handsome tree that grows from 40 to 60 feet high. It has palmate leaves consis...
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<botany> The large nutlike seed of a species of aesculus (ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. ... 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. The native American species are called buckeyes.
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Caterpillar species. Latin name:
Pachycnemia hippocastanaria Food: Heather Description: Grey, reddish-brown diamond-shaped markings centrally, wrinkled underneath. Heathlands of southern England.
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Horse`-chest'nut noun (Botany) (a) The large nutlike seed of a species of
Æsculus (
Æ. Hippocastanum ), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name.
(b) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is...
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Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is a tall deciduous tree of the family Hippocastanaceae native to south-eastern Europe, and introduced into Britain in the middle of the 16th century. The large, sticky brown buds open into large palmate leaves with five to seven leaflets. The flowers are yellowish white and are clustered in dense, erect pani...
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[
n] - tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
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noun the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
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Any of a group of trees, especially
A. hippocastanum, originally from southeastern Europe but widely planted elsewhere. Horse chestnuts have large palmate (five-lobed) leaves, showy upright spikes of white, pink, or red flowers, and large, shiny, inedible seeds (conkers) in prickly green capsules. The horse chestnut is not re...
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The seeds contain a saponin mixture from which two crystalline products can be separated: aescin and prosapogenin. Actions that have been attributed to escin include antiedematous properties, anti-inflammatory activities, and venotonic properties.
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a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers. · the shiny, brown, nutlike seed of this tree or of other trees of the genus Aesculus.
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Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) Common Name(s): Horse Chestnut Scientific Name: Aesculus hippocastanum Distribution: Eastern Europe Tree Size: 65-100 ft (20-30 m) tall, 2-3 ft (.6-1.0 m) trunk diameter Average Dried Weight: 31 lbs/ft
3 (500 kg/m
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