buckeye

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
4. (countable, uncountable) Seed or fruit of these plants.
5. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
6. (countable, uncountable) Any of species Junonia coenia of butterflies; a common buckeye.
7. (US, countable, uncountable) A confection made from peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible, supposed to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree.

Conceptos

castaño de Indias

castaño caballuno

castatiñeiro de Indias

castaño blanco

castaño de la India

castaño loco

castiñeiro das bruxas

falso castaño

Sinónimos

horse chestnut

conker

schooner

Aesculus hippocastanum

horse-chestnut

common horsechestnut

loaf

European horsechestnut

common horse-chestnut

chestnut tree

Traducciones

Hippocastanum californicum

ippocastano

marron d’Inde

Rosskastanie

αγριοκαστανιά

Pferdekastanie

Gichtbaum

είδος καστανιάς

Drusenkesten

Ιπποκαστανέα

gewöhnliche Rosskastanie

καρπός δέντρου γένους aesculus

marronier

marronnier

gemeine Rosskastanie

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbʌkaɪ/

Etimología (Inglés)

The name stems from Native Americans, who called the nut "hetuck," which means "buck eye" (because the markings on the nut resemble the eye of a deer).