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buckeye definition

☆ buck·eye (buk′ī′)

noun

  1. any of various trees (genus Aesculus) of the horse-chestnut family with large capsules enclosing shiny brown seeds
  2. the seed
  3. Informal a person born or living in Ohio, called the Buckeye State

Etymology: buck + eye: from the appearance of the seed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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