About The Word Buckeye
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Buckeye
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What's The Definition Of Buckeye?
[n] a resident of Ohio
[n] tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds [n] the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut Synonyms | Synonyms for Buckeye: Aesculus hippocastanum | conker | horse chestnut | Ohioan Related Terms | Find terms related to Buckeye: See Also | Aesculus | American | angiospermous tree | bottlebrush buckeye | dwarf buckeye | flowering tree | genus Aesculus | Ohio buckeye | particolored buckeye | red buckeye | seed | sweet buckeye Buckeye In Webster's Dictionary \Buck"eye`\, n.
1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs
of the same genus ({[AE]sculus}) as the horse chestnut.
{The Ohio buckeye}, or {Fetid buckeye}, is {[AE]sculus
glabra}.
{Red buckeye} is {[AE]. Pavia}.
{Small buckeye} is {[AE]. paviflora}.
{Sweet buckeye}, or {Yellow buckeye}, is {[AE]. flava}.
2. A cant name for a native in Ohio. [U.S.]
{Buckeye State}, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees
abound there.
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