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ID: 300140153
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300140153

 

Record Type: concept
horse chestnut (wood) (hardwood, <wood by composition or origin>, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Wood of the genus Aesculus, native to North America, southeastern Europe, and eastern Asia. While primarily grown as an ornamental tree, horse chestnuts have light, soft, tough, fine-grained wood used for artificial limbs, splints, brush handles, boxes, crates, and paper pulp.
 
Terms:
horse chestnut (wood) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U)
chestnut, horse (wood) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
horsechestnut (wood) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
horse-chestnut (wood) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
genus Aesculus (hout) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
falso castaño (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by origin>
............ <materials by origin> (G)
Hierarchy of biological material
................ biological material (G)
Hierarchy of plant material
.................... plant material (G)
Hierarchy of <wood and wood by product>
........................ <wood and wood by product> (G)
Hierarchy of wood (plant material)
............................ wood (plant material) (G)
Hierarchy of <wood by composition or origin>
................................ <wood by composition or origin> (G)
Hierarchy of hardwood
.................................... hardwood (G)
Hierarchy of horse chestnut (wood)
........................................ horse chestnut (wood) (G)

Additional Notes:
Spanish ..... Madera del árbol perteneciente al género Aesculus, de la familia Aesculus hippocastanum, nativa de América del Norte, sudeste de Europa y este de Asia. Es liviana y de textura fina y empleada para confeccionar mangos de cepillos, cajas y cajones de embalaje. 

Related concepts:
derived/made from ....  Aesculus (genus)
................................  (Hippocastanaceae (family), Sapindales (order), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300343936]

Sources and Contributors:
chestnut, horse (wood)............  [VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
falso castaño............  [VP]
..........................  TAA database (2000-)
genus Aesculus (hout)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
......................................  Mitchell, Elseviers bomengids (1976)
horse chestnut (wood)............  [VP Preferred]
......................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
......................................  Johnson, International Book of Trees (1973)
......................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
......................................  TAA database (2000-)
horsechestnut (wood)............  [VP]
...................................  ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System online (2005-)
horse-chestnut (wood)............  [VP]
......................................  Bramwell, International Book of Wood (1976)
......................................  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Mitchell, Elseviers bomengids (1976)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......... MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-)
Spanish .......... [VP]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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