heitlehiste lehtupuude ja -põõsaste perekond väikesest hobukastaniliste sugukonnast. Lehed on sõrmjad, valged, kollased, roosad või punased õied asetsevad püstistes pööristes, vili on harilikult 1-seemneline kupar. Suur tärkliserohke mõru seeme ei ole söödav, kuid sobib söödaks kariloomadele. Mõne liigi seemneist valmistatakse ravimeid.
the hard smooth shining brown seed or ‘nut’ of the tree described in 2
a large ornamental tree, Ęsculus Hippocastanum (N.O. Sapindaceę), probably a native of Asia, said to have been introduced into England c 1550; it bears large digitate leaves, and upright conical clusters of showy flowers; the fruit resembles the edible chestnut, consisting of a soft thick prickly husk inclosing two or three large seeds of a coarse bitter taste
Products of vegetable origin of a kind used for animal food, not elsewhere specified or included ... Acorns, horse chestnuts and pomace or marc of fruit, except pomace or marc of grapes ...
