buckeye

plural buckeyes

1. countableuncountableAny of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
   1. countableuncountableAesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut).
2. countableuncountableAny of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
3. countableuncountableSeed or fruit of these plants.

   Now there were long periods when he heard nothing except the wind in the trees and the plop of buckeyes on the earth.

   1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 155

4. UScountableslanguncountableA native or resident of the American state of Ohio.

   Synonyms: Ohioan

5. countableuncountableAny member of the species Junonia coenia of butterflies; a common buckeye.
6. UScountableuncountableA 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.

plural Buckeyes

1. A native or resident of the American states of Ohio or Arizona.

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Maricopa County, Arizona.
   2. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
   3. A former travel station in Plumas County, California.
   4. An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, named for buckeye trees there.
   5. Former name of Carbondale, Amador County, California.
   6. An unincorporated community in Larimer County, Colorado.
   7. An unincorporated community in Salamonie Township, Huntingdon County, Indiana.
   8. A minor city in Hardin County, Iowa.
   9. An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
   10. An unincorporated community in Garrard County, Kentucky.
   11. An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Missouri, named for buckeye trees.
   12. An unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio, named after the Buckeye Furnace.
   13. An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, named after the Buckeye Lumber Co.
   14. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, named after Buckeye Cove.
   15. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Buckeye Township.