| 单词 | buckeye |
| 释义 | 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. the 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. [1755-65, Amer.; BUCK1 stag + EYE, orig. used to designate def. 1, in allusion to the look of the seed] |
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