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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: Aesculus hippocastanum, conker, horse chestnut, Ohioan
See Also: Aesculus, American, angiospermous tree, bottlebrush buckeye, dwarf buckeye, flowering tree, genus Aesculus, Ohio buckeye, particolored buckeye, red buckeye, seed, sweet buckeye
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