[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buckeye \buck"eye`\ bu^k"imac`, n.
   1. bot. a name given to several american trees and shrubs
      of the same genus aesculus as the horse chestnut.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   2. a cant name for a native or resident of ohio. u.s.
      1913 webster

   buckeye state, ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees
      abound there.
      1913 webster
see also:
aesculus the ohio buckeye fetid buckeye aesculus glabra red buckeye aesculus pavia 
small buckeye aesculus paviflora sweet buckeye yellow buckeye aesculus flava 
buckeye state 

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