buckeye Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
    horse chestnut; conker.
  2. noun tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
    horse chestnut; Aesculus hippocastanum.
  3. noun a native or resident of Ohio
    Ohioan.

WordNet


Buck"eye` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Æsculus) as the horse chestnut.
  2. A cant name for a native in Ohio. U.S.

Webster 1913