Definitions for buckeyeˈbʌkˌaɪ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
buck•eyeˈbʌkˌaɪ(n.)(pl.)-eyes.
any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Aesculus, of the horse chestnut family, having gray, scaly bark and palmate leaves.
Category: Plants
the brown nut of any of these trees.
Category: Plants
(cap.) a native or inhabitant of Ohio (used as a nickname).
Origin of buckeye:
1755–65, Amer.; buck1 stag +eye , alluding to the look of the nut
Princeton's WordNet
buckeye, horse chestnut, conker(noun)
the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
horse chestnut, buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum(noun)
tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
Ohioan, Buckeye(noun)
a native or resident of Ohio
Wiktionary
buckeye(Noun)
Any of several species of trees, of the genus Aesculus, or the related Mexican Buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
buckeye(Noun)
The seed or fruit of these plants
buckeye(Noun)
A native or resident of the American State of Ohio.
Buckeye(Noun)
A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
Webster Dictionary
Buckeye(noun)
a name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut
Buckeye(noun)
a cant name for a native in Ohio
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