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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Buckeye \Buck"eye`\, n. 1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus ({[AE]sculus}) as the horse chestnut. {The Ohio buckeye}, or {Fetid buckeye}, is {[AE]sculus glabra}. {Red buckeye} is {[AE]. Pavia}. {Small buckeye} is {[AE]. paviflora}. {Sweet buckeye}, or {Yellow buckeye}, is {[AE]. flava}. 2. A cant name for a native in Ohio. [U.S.] {Buckeye State}, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees abound there From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}, {Buckeye}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Buckeye, AZ (town, FIPS 7940) Location: 33.41264 N, 112.58553 W Population (1990): 5038 (2605 housing units) Area: 48.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85326 Buckeye, IA (city, FIPS 9100) Location: 42.41839 N, 93.37593 W Population (1990): 105 (56 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Buckeye, LA Zip code(s): 71328 Buckeye, WV Zip code(s): 24924
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