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单词 buckeye
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
buck•eye  (buk′ī′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -eyes. 
  1. Plant Biologyany 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. Plant Biologythe brown nut of any of these trees.
  3. (cap.) a native or inhabitant of Ohio (used as a nickname).
  4. a butterfly, Precis lavinia, having dark-brown wings with purple or red eyespots.
  • buck1 stag + eye, origin, originally used to designate def. 1, in allusion to the look of the seed 1755–65, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
buckeye /ˈbʌkˌaɪ/ n
  1. any of several North American trees of the genus Aesculus, esp A. glabra (Ohio buckeye), having erect clusters of white or red flowers and prickly fruits: family Hippocastanaceae
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