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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A former travel station in Plumas County, California.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, named for buckeye trees there.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
Former name of Carbondale, Amador County, California.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Larimer County, Colorado.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Salamonie Township, Huntingdon County, Indiana.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Hardin County, Iowa.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Garrard County, Kentucky.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Missouri, named for buckeye trees.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio, named after the Buckeye Furnace.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, named after the Buckeye Lumber Co.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, named after Buckeye Cove.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Buckeye Township.
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noun
Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Seed or fruit of these plants.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, slang, uncountable
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Synonyms: Ohioan
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noun
Any of species Junonia coenia of butterflies; a common buckeye.
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noun
A confection made from peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible, supposed to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree.
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Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
A native or resident of the American states of Ohio or Arizona.
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noun
a native or resident of Ohio
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Ohioan
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Broader terms: American
noun
tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum
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Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree
Narrower terms: sweet buckeye, Ohio buckeye, dwarf buckeye, bottlebrush buckeye, red buckeye, particolored buckeye
noun
the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: horse chestnut, conker
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Broader terms: seed
History
The name stems from Native Americans, who called the nut "hetuck," which means "buck eye" (because the markings on the nut resemble the eye of a deer).
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
