Definitions for buckeye

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buckeye buck·eye

Spelling: [buhk-ahy]

IPA: /ˈbʌkˌaɪ/

Buckeye is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in buckeye (bceekuy).

Definitions for buckeye

noun

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. the brown nut of any of these trees.
3. (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Ohio (used as a nickname).
4. a butterfly, Precis lavinia, having dark-brown wings with purple or red eyespots.

Origin of buckeye

1755-65, Americanism; buck¹ stag + eye, orig. used to designate def. 1, in allusion to the look of the seed

Examples for buckeye

Two key aspects of the bill could restrict voting in the buckeye State.

In 1923 and 1925 over 70,000 klansmen attended two Klan rallies, known as konklaves, at buckeye Lake.

buckeye boys use them for marbles, and are very proud of their namesake.

But as Republicans look to take back the White House in 2016, the buckeye State does not appear to be cooperating.

Phil left the court-room and resumed her walk toward buckeye Lane.

Christie crept nearer to the edge of the slope in the shadow of a buckeye.

As he and other Tea Party activists in the buckeye State see it, Tuesday night was just one battle in a long, long war.

No soldiers ever had anything on the boys from the buckeye State.

Forming the shapes of the Lincoln Memorial and a cannon among others, buckeye fans got an entertaining and educational show.

I was talking with Dwight, from the buckeye Camp, this morning.