horse chestnut

See also: horse-chestnut

English

Aesculus hippocastanum

Alternative forms

horse-chestnut

Etymology

Translating obsolete Latin name Castanea equina.

Noun

horse chestnut (plural horse chestnuts)

A species of trees of the genus Aesculus, common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres.
The large nutlike seed of these trees, also known as a conker.

Synonyms

buckeye (US)

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 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

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)

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

References

horse-chestnut in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Further reading

horse chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aesculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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