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Meaning of BUCKEYE

Pronunciation:  'buk`I

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a resident of Ohio
  2. [n]  tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
  3. [n]  the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
 

BUCKEYE is a 7 letter word that starts with B.

 

 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

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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