buckeye state

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Buckeye State
    n 1: a midwestern state in north central United States in the
         Great Lakes region [syn: {Ohio}, {Buckeye State}, {OH}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   {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}.
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   2. A cant name for a native or resident of Ohio. [U.S.]
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   {Buckeye State}, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees
      abound there.
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