Thesaurus: buckeye

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1. n. A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut.
2. n. A cant name for a native in Ohio.
3. n. a native or resident of Ohio
4. n. the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
5. n. tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
6. 1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Æsculus) as the horse chestnut. The Ohio buckeye, or Fetid buckeye, is Æsculus glabra. -- Red buckeye is Æ. Pavia. -- Small buckeye is Æ. paviflora. -- Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is Æ. flava. 2. A cant name for a native in Ohio. [U.S.] Buckeye State, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees abound there.
7. A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the samegenus (Æsculus) as the horse chestnut. The Ohio buckeye, or Fetidbuckeye, is Æsculus glabra.-- Red buckeye is Æ. Pavia.-- Small buckeye is Æ. paviflora.-- Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is Æ. flava.
8. n:100 n. the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut