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Aesculus [‚es·kyə·ləs] (botany) A genus of deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the order Sapindales. Commonly known as buckeye. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then there are horse chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum), not of the same genus as "true" chestnuts, whose fruits are inedible unless processed to remove their large concentration of bitter tannins; water chestnuts (Trapa spp. They can eat horse chestnuts, white mulberries, willows, elms, black locusts, hibiscuses (including the rose of Sharon), and Russian olives. Saponins appear in a variety of plants, particularly in the barks and roots of the Japanese angelica tree, the ovary of the soapnut tree, and the seeds of horse chestnuts and camellias. |
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