buckeye

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

ippocastano

castagno d’India

Aesculus hippocastanum

sinonimi

horse chestnut

conker

schooner

Aesculus hippocastanum

horse-chestnut

common horsechestnut

loaf

European horsechestnut

common horse-chestnut

chestnut tree

Traduzioni

Hippocastanum californicum

castaño de Indias

marron d’Inde

Rosskastanie

αγριοκαστανιά

Pferdekastanie

Gichtbaum

είδος καστανιάς

Drusenkesten

Ιπποκαστανέα

gewöhnliche Rosskastanie

καρπός δέντρου γένους aesculus

marronier

marronnier

gemeine Rosskastanie

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbʌkaɪ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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).