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noun

Buckeye n.

(Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (AEsculus) as the horse chestnut.

The Ohio buckeye, or Fetid buckeye, is Aesculus glabra.

Red buckeye is Aesculus Pavia.

Small buckeye is Aesculus paviflora.

Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is Aesculus flava.

A cant name for a native or resident of Ohio. (U.S.)

Buckeye State, Ohio; so called because buckeye trees abound there.

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Etymology of 'Ohio buckeye'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... (OHIO BUCKEYE.) Leaves with 5 oval-oblong, acuminate, serrate, smooth leaflets. Flowers not showy, yellowish-white, with 4 somewhat irregular, slightly spreading petals. June. Fruit small, 1 in. in diameter, covered with prickles, at least when young; ripe in autumn. Small to ...

— Trees of the Northern United States - Their Study, Description and Determination • Austin C. Apgar