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| Small buckeye | Buckeye \Buck"eye`\ (b[u^]k"[imac]`), n. 1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus ({[AE]sculus}) as the horse chestnut. [1913 Webster] {The Ohio buckeye}, or {Fetid buckeye}, is {Aesculus glabra}. {Red buckeye} is {Aesculus Pavia}. {Small buckeye} is {Aesculus paviflora}. {Sweet buckeye}, or {Yellow buckeye}, is {Aesculus flava}. [1913 Webster] 2. A cant name for a native or resident of Ohio. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] {Buckeye State}, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees abound there. [1913 Webster] |
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