horse chestnut

See also: horse-chestnut

English

Aesculus hippocastanum

Alternative forms

• horse-chestnut

Etymology

Translating obsolete Latin name Castanea equina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɔːs ˈtʃɛsnʌt/
• IPA^(key): /ˌhɔɹs ˈtʃɛsnʌt/

Noun

horse chestnut (plural horse chestnuts)

1. A species of trees of the genus Aesculus, common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres.
2. The large nutlike seed of these trees.

Synonyms

• (tree): buckeye (US), conker tree (UK, informal)
• (seed): buckeye (US), conker (UK)

Translations

tree

• Bulgarian: див кестен m (div kesten), конски кестен m (konski kesten)
• Dutch: paardenkastanje (nl) m
• Finnish: hevoskastanja (fi)
• French: marronnier (fr) m, marronnier d’Inde (fr) m
• German: Rosskastanie (de) f, Kastanie (de) f
• Greek: αγριοκαστανιά (el) f (agriokastaniá)
• Italian: ippocastano (it) m, castagno d'India m
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: chât'nyi à j'va m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hestekastanje m

  Nynorsk: hestekastanje m

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• Polish: kasztanowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: castanha-da-índia f, castanheira-da-índia f, castanheiro-da-índia m
• Romanian: castan (ro) m, castan sălbatic m
• Russian: ко́нский кашта́н m (kónskij kaštán)
• Scottish Gaelic: craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich f
• Slovak: pagaštan konský (sk)
• Spanish: castaño de Indias m
• Swedish: hästkastanj c
• Turkish: at kestanesi (tr)
• Volapük: skäulep, skäulabim (vo)
• Welsh: castanwydden y meirch f, marchgastanwydden f

seed

• French: marron (fr) m, marron d’Inde (fr) m
• German: Rosskastanie (de) f, Kastanie (de) f
• Italian: castagna d'India f
• Manx: castan ny gabbil m
• Portuguese: castanha-da-índia f
• Russian: ко́нский кашта́н m (kónskij kaštán)
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• Spanish: castaño de Indias m
• Swedish: hästkastanj c
• Turkish: at kestanesi (tr)
• Volapük: skäul (vo)
• Welsh: castan y meirch f, marchgastan f, cneuen geffylau f

Further reading

• “horse-chestnut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• horse chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aesculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies