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buckeye en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbʌkaɪ/

Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus. ▸ Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut).
3. (countable, uncountable) Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
4. (countable, uncountable) Seed or fruit of these plants.
   • Now there were long periods when he heard nothing except the wind in the trees and the plop of buckeyes on the earth. 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 155:
5. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
6. (countable, uncountable) Any member of the species Junonia coenia of butterflies; a common buckeye.
7. (US, countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

Spanish buckeye · Ohio buckeye

Synonyms

Ohioan

Translations (10)

de Rosskastanie (tree of the genus Aesculus) · fr marronnier (tree of the genus Aesculus) · ca castanyer d'Índia (tree of the genus Aesculus) · kk атбасталшын (tree of the genus Aesculus) · fi ohiolainen (resident of the American State of Ohio) · it ippocastano (tree of the genus Aesculus) · ota آت كستانهسی (tree of the genus Aesculus) · bg жител на Охайо (resident of the American State of Ohio) · fi hevoskastanja (tree of the genus Aesculus) · bg конски кестен (tree of the genus Aesculus)