Buckeye, AZ -- U.S. town in Arizona
Population (2000): 6537
Housing Units (2000): 2344
Land area (2000): 145.753405 sq. miles (377.499569 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 145.753405 sq. miles (377.499569 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07940
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 33.436561 N, 112.593253 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85326
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Buckeye, AZ Buckeye

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Buckeye, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 110
Housing Units (2000): 50
Land area (2000): 1.003691 sq. miles (2.599547 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.003691 sq. miles (2.599547 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09100
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.418274 N, 93.375870 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Buckeye, IA Buckeye

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Horse-chestnut \Horse`-chest"nut\, Horsechestnut \Horse`chest"nut\, n.

1. (Bot.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Aesculus Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible by humans. [WordNet sense 2] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2. (Bot.) The tree itself (Aesculus hippocastanum), which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres; it has palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds. The native American species is also called buckeye and conker. [WordNet sense 1] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Buckeye \Buck"eye`\ (b[u^]k"[imac]`), n.

1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus ([AE]sculus) as the horse chestnut. [1913 Webster]

The Ohio buckeye, or Fetid buckeye, is Aesculus glabra.

Red buckeye is Aesculus Pavia.

Small buckeye is Aesculus paviflora.

Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is Aesculus flava. [1913 Webster]

2. A cant name for a native or resident of Ohio. [U.S.]

[1913 Webster]

Buckeye State, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees abound there. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

buckeye

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Buckeye \Buck"eye`\, n.

1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus ([AE]sculus) as the horse chestnut.

The Ohio buckeye, or Fetid buckeye, is [AE]sculus glabra.

Red buckeye is [AE]. Pavia.

Small buckeye is [AE]. paviflora.

Sweet buckeye, or Yellow buckeye, is [AE]. flava.

2. A cant name for a native in Ohio. [U.S.]

Buckeye State, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees abound there.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)