Definition of Family Hippocastanaceae

1. Noun. Trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule.

Exact synonyms: Hippocastanaceae, Horse-chestnut Family
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Sapindales, Sapindales
Member holonyms: Aesculus, Genus Aesculus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Hippocastanaceae

family Haloragaceae
family Haloragidaceae
family Hamamelidaceae
family Helicidae
family Helodermatidae
family Helotiaceae
family Helvellaceae
family Hemerobiidae
family Hemerocallidaceae
family Hemiprocnidae
family Hemiramphidae
family Heteromyidae
family Hexagrammidae
family Hexanchidae
family Hippoboscidae
family Hippocastanaceae (current term)
family Hippopotamidae
family Hipposideridae
family Hirudinidae
family Hirundinidae
family Holocentridae
family Holothuridae
family Homaridae
family Hominidae
family Hostaceae
family Hyacinthaceae
family Hyaenidae
family Hydnaceae
family Hydnoraceae
family Hydrangeaceae

Literary usage of Family Hippocastanaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"... from which it has been carried eastward across the state (40) to the banks of the Missouri river (Nemaha county). Family HIPPOCASTANACEAE. ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"Family HIPPOCASTANACEAE. Buckeye (Aesculus glabra Willd.). The large brown shiny seeds drop to the ground as soon as mature, where they are quite ..."

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. Studies of Trees in Winter: A Description of the Deciduous Trees of by Annie Oakes Huntington (1902)
"... Chapter II THE HORSECHESTNUT family Hippocastanaceae THIS is a small family consisting of one well-known cultivated species, ..."

5. Lessons in Botany by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"... unless it is desired to study it instead of the maple, since it belongs to the same order. 424. The buckeye family (hippocastanaceae). ..."

6. Ohio's Health by Ohio Dept. of Health (1916)
"... the World: Family: Hippocastanaceae. Genus: Aesculus. Species: Glabra. Authority: Smith; SB, 1905. Bristol. 'Poisonous Plants of All Countries'. ..."

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