Sweet buckeye

Sweet 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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • sweet buckeye — geltonžiedis kaštonas statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Aesculus flava angl. big buckeye; yellow buckeye; yellow chestnut; sweet buckeye vok. gelbblühende Rosskastanie; gelbe Rosskastanie rus. конский каштан восмитычинковый lenk.… …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • sweet buckeye — noun a tall and often cultivated buckeye of the central United States • Hypernyms: ↑horse chestnut, ↑buckeye, ↑Aesculus hippocastanum * * * noun : an often cultivated tall buckeye (Aesculus octandra) of the central United States that has yellow… …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Buckeye State — 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}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • buckeye — /buk uy /, n., pl. buckeyes. 1. any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Aesculus, as A. glabra (Ohio buckeye), having palmate leaves, gray, scaly bark, and bell shaped greenish yellow flowers in upright clusters: the state tree of Ohio. 2.… …   Universalium

  • Fetid 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}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Red 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}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The Ohio 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}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yellow 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}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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