"buckeye" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌkaɪ/ Audio: En-au-buckeye.ogg [Australia] Forms: buckeyes [plural]
Etymology: The name stems from Native Americans, who called the nut "hetuck," which means "buck eye" (because the markings on the nut resemble the eye of a deer). Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} buckeye (countable and uncountable, plural buckeyes)
  1. Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Soapberry family plants
    Sense id: en-buckeye-en-noun-SjlFMI6M Disambiguation of Soapberry family plants: 18 18 13 16 14 12 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 13 12 16 19 14
  2. Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
    Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Soapberry family plants
    Sense id: en-buckeye-en-noun-aP17yetH Disambiguation of Soapberry family plants: 18 18 13 16 14 12 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 13 12 16 19 14
  3. Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Soapberry family plants
    Sense id: en-buckeye-en-noun-oOpLeqdg Disambiguation of Soapberry family plants: 18 18 13 16 14 12 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 13 12 16 19 14
  4. Seed or fruit of these plants. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Soapberry family plants
    Sense id: en-buckeye-en-noun-U6Q-ascw Disambiguation of Soapberry family plants: 18 18 13 16 14 12 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 13 12 16 19 14
  5. (US, slang) A native or resident of the American state of Ohio. Tags: US, countable, slang, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Soapberry family plants Synonyms: Ohioan Translations (resident of the American State of Ohio): жител на Охайо (Bulgarian), ohiolainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-buckeye-en-noun-MsPYRxgG Disambiguation of Soapberry family plants: 18 18 13 16 14 12 9 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 13 12 16 19 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 16 16 7 20 14 13 Disambiguation of 'resident of the American State of Ohio': 3 3 3 1 77 2 11
  6. Any of species Junonia coenia of butterflies; a common buckeye. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Nymphalid butterflies, Soapberry family plants
    Sense id: en-buckeye-en-noun-UkOnlmWs Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 12 12 12 9 20 26 9 Disambiguation of Soapberry family plants: 18 18 13 16 14 12 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 13 12 16 19 14
  7. (US) A confection made from peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible, supposed to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-buckeye-en-noun-svc9Vco4 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 13 13 12 16 19 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Spanish buckeye Translations (tree of the genus Aesculus): конски кестен (konski kesten) (Bulgarian), castanyer d'Índia [masculine] (Catalan), hevoskastanja (Finnish), marronnier [masculine] (French), Rosskastanie [feminine] (German), ippocastano [masculine] (Italian), атбасталшын (atbastalşyn) (Kazakh), آت كستانهسی (at kestanesi) (Ottoman Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'tree of the genus Aesculus': 37 37 19 1 1 3 1

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "at kestanesi",
      "sense": "tree of the genus Aesculus",
      "word": "آت كستانهسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "resident of the American State of Ohio",
      "word": "жител на Охайо"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resident of the American State of Ohio",
      "word": "ohiolainen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buckeye"
}

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