buck·eye /ˈbʌˌkaɪ/
七葉樹之類,美國Ohio州人
Buck·eye n.
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 Aesculus glabra.
Red buckeye is Aesculus Pavia.
Small buckeye is Aesculus paviflora.
Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is Aesculus flava.
2. 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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buckeye
n 1: the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut [syn: horse
chestnut, conker]
2: tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to
red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds [syn: horse
chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum]
3: a resident of Ohio [syn: Ohioan]