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Definition of Horse-chestnut family
1. Noun. Trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Sapindales, Sapindales
Member holonyms: Aesculus, Genus Aesculus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horse-chestnut Family
Literary usage of Horse-chestnut family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trees that Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the by Julia Ellen Rogers (1909)
"It belongs to all of the members of the horse-chestnut family, which includes
the buckeye trees, our native horse-chestnuts. In early spring, watch the ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The horse chestnut family is one of them. This is an important family trait,
wherever it occurs; it is shared by the ashes, maples, dogwoods, catalpas, ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"... it is ordinarily susceptible of a fine polish, and plays an important part in
cabinet making. Family Hippocastanaceae. horse-chestnut family. ..."
4. Our Native Trees and how to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits by Harriet Louise Keeler (1900)
"... mollis horse-chestnut family Ohio Buckeye . . -50 Sweet Buckeye . . -54
Horse-chestnut . . -54 MAPLE FAMILY Striped Maple Mountain Maple . ..."
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