Buckeye meaning

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A nymphalid butterfly (Junonia coenia) of North America, having brownish wings with orange markings and conspicuous eyespots.
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Any of various trees (genus Aesculus) of the horse-chestnut family with large capsules enclosing shiny brown seeds.
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The seed.
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A person born or living in Ohio, called the Buckeye State.
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A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
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A common name for the Junonia coenia butterfly.
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Origin of buckeye

  • buck eye
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Buckeye Sentence Examples

  • Among the North American species are the foetid or Ohio buckeye, Ae.

  • flava, the sweet buckeye.

  • Drop Head buckeye coupling A buckeye coupling that can be lowered to reveal a standard hook for a screw or three link type coupling.

  • They have all welded steel bodies, Pullman gangways and buckeye couplings.

  • palmate leaves with seven ' fingers ' in summer - the buckeye only has five ' fingers ' .

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