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Buckeye
Pronunciation : Buck"eye`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. (Bot.)
Defn: A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (?sculus) as the horse chestnut. The Ohio buckeye, or Fetid buckeye, is ?sculus glabra. -- Red buckeye is ?. Pavia. -- Small buckeye is ?. paviflora. -- Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is ?. flava.
2. A cant name for a native in Ohio. [U.S.] Buckeye State, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees abound there.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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