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Pronunciation: [ˈiːskjʊləs] (IPA)

Aesculus is a genus of flowering plants that belong to the soapberry family. These plants are commonly known as horse chestnuts, buckeyes, or conkers. The word "aesculus" is derived from the Latin word "aesculus," which means "oak tree," and refers to the plants' wood, which is similar to that of oak trees. There are several synonyms for the word aesculus, including chestnut, buckeye, conker, horse chestnut, and ma-huang. These synonyms are often used interchangeably to refer to the plants and their various parts, including the seeds, bark, and leaves, which have been traditionally used for medicinal purposes. Whether you call it aesculus, chestnut, or buckeye, these plants remain a popular source for herbal remedies and other natural products.

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Usage examples for Aesculus

First, nature's law For generating trees is manifold; For some of their own force spontaneous spring, No hand of man compelling, and possess The plains and river-windings far and wide, As pliant osier and the bending broom, Poplar, and willows in wan companies With green leaf glimmering gray; and some there be From chance-dropped seed that rear them, as the tall Chestnuts, and, mightiest of the branching wood, Jove's aesculus, and oaks, oracular Deemed by the Greeks of old.
"The Georgics"
Virgil
See Daboecia; Phylodoce; and Lyonia, Menziesia caerulea, empetrifolia, globularis, polifolia, Mespilus arbutifolia, germanica, grandiflora, Smithii, Mexican Orange Flower, Mezereon, the, Microglossa albescens, Mitchella repens, Mitraria coccinea, Mitre pod, scarlet, Mock Orange, Monk's Pepper-tree, Moonseed, Mountain Ash, Mountain Laurel, Moutan Paeony, Myrica asplenifolia, californica, cerifera, Gale, Myricaria germanica, Myrobalan Plum, Myrtle, Bog, Common, Californian Wax, Common Candle-berry, Sand, Myrtus communis, Luma, Ugni, Neillia opulifolia, thyrsiflora, Nepaul White Beam, Nesaea salicifolia, Neviusa alabamensis, New Jersey Tea, Nine Bark, Nuttalia cerasiformis, Old Man's beard, Olearia dentata, Forsterii, Gunniana, Haastii, macrodonta, Ononis arvensis, Orange Ball tree, Ornus europea, Osage Orange, Osmanthus Aquifolium ilicifolius, Aquifolium illicifolius myrtifolius, Osoberry, Ostrya carpinifolia, virginica, vulgaris, Oxydendrum arboreum, Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius, Paeonia Moutan, Pagoda-tree, Chinese, Paliurus aculeatus, australis, Papaw, the Virginian, Parrotia persica, Partridge Berry, Passiflora caerulea, Paulownia imperialis, Pavia californica, discolor, flava, humilis, Pavia macrocarpa, macrostachya, rubra, Pavia, See aesculus, Pepper-plant, Tasmanian, Pepper-tree, Periploca graeca, Periwinkles, Pernettya mucronata, Persimmon, the, Philadelphus coronarius, chinensis, floribundus, Gordonianus, grandiflorus, hirsutus, inodorus, latifolius, Lemoinei, Lewisii, mexicanus, microphyllus, satzumi, speciosus, triflorus, Phillyrea angustifolia, decora, latifolia, laurifolia, ligustrifolia, media, neapolitana, obliqua, oleaefolia, rosmarinifolia, Vilmoriniana, Phlomis fruticosa, Photinia arbutifolia, Benthumiana, japonica, serrulata, Phyllodoce taxifolia, caerulea, Pieris floribunda, japonica, Mariana, ovalifolia, Pipe tree, Piptanthus nepalensis, Pittosporum Tobira, undulatum, Plagianthus Lyalli, Lampeni, pulohellus, Planera acuminata, crenata, 134 Richardi, Planera, See Zelkova, Poison Elder, Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Vine, Polycarpa Maximowiczii, Pomegranate, Pontic Daphne, Portugal Laurel, Potato tree, Potentilla fruticosa, Prickly Ivy, Privets, Prunopsis Lindleyi, Prunus Amygdalus, Amygdalus dulcis, Avium Juliana, Boissieri, cerasifera, cerasifera Pissardii, Cerasus, Prunus Chamaecerasus, Davidiana, divaricata, domestica, ilicifolia, Launesiana, Laurocerasus, lusitanica, Mahaleb, maritima, Myrobalana, nana, Padus, paniculata flore-pleno, pennsylvanica, Persica flore-pleno, Pissardii, Pseudo-cerasus, Puddum, serotina, sinensis, spinosa, tomentosa, triloba, virginiana, virgata, Ptelea trifoliata, Pterpstyrax hispidum, Punica Granatum, Purple Broom, Purple Hazel, Pyrus amygdaliformis.
"Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs"
A. D. Webster

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