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Definition of Genus aesculus
1. Noun. Deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America; southeastern Europe; eastern Asia.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Hippocastanaceae, Hippocastanaceae, Horse-chestnut Family
Member holonyms: Aesculus Hippocastanum, Buckeye, Horse Chestnut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Aesculus
Literary usage of Genus aesculus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"The genus Aesculus alone hau representatives in Pennsylvania. It comprises 14
species, 10 of which are native to America and 2 to Pennsylvania. ..."
2. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1922)
"... family is composed of the widely distributed genus Aesculus and of Billia
Peyr., a genus of two species of Mexican and ..."
3. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"They belong with the Horse-chestnut to the genus Aesculus which is readily
distinguished from other New England genera by the large size of the twigs, buds, ..."
4. Ohio's Health by Ohio Dept. of Health (1916)
"Aesculus glabra Willd. Ohio Buckeye". Pammel, p. 827 — "Poisonous Plants of the
World: Family: Hippocastanaceae. Genus: Aesculus. ..."
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