fetid buckeye

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fetid buckeye - 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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