Meaning of BUCKEYE
| Pronunciation: | | 'buk`I
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | Aesculus hippocastanum, conker, horse chestnut, Ohioan |
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| | See Also: | | Aesculus, American, angiospermous tree, bottlebrush buckeye, dwarf buckeye, flowering tree, genus Aesculus, Ohio buckeye, particolored buckeye, red buckeye, seed, sweet buckeye | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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