Definitions of buckeye
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tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
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synonyms:
Aesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut
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types:
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sweet buckeye
a tall and often cultivated buckeye of the central United States
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Ohio buckeye
a buckeye with scaly grey bark that is found in the central United States
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bottlebrush buckeye, dwarf buckeye
a spreading shrub with pink flowers; found in southeastern United States
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red buckeye
a shrub buckeye of southern United States
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particolored buckeye
a buckeye marked by different colors or tints
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type of:
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angiospermous tree, flowering tree
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
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the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
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synonyms:
conker, horse chestnut
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type of:
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seed
a small hard fruit
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seed
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