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buckeyes

buckeyes is the plural of buckeye.

Meaning of buckeye

Noun

buckeye (countable and uncountable, plural buckeyes)

  1. Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
    1. Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut).
  2. Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
  3. Seed 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. (US, slang) A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
    Synonyms:
    Ohioan
  5. Any member of the species Junonia coenia of butterflies; a common buckeye.

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Noun capitalized: Buckeyes

Buckeyes

  1. (plural) plural of Buckeye

Phrases with buckeyes

Questions about buckeyes

What is buckeyes the plural of?
Buckeyes is the plural of buckeye.
What part of speech is buckeyes?
Buckeyes is a noun.

Words near buckeyes in the dictionary

  1. bucketwheels
  2. buckety
  3. buckeye
  4. Buckeye State
  5. Buckeye Stater
  6. buckeyes
  7. Buckfast
  8. Buckfastleigh
  9. Buckfield
  10. Buckhalter
  11. Buckhalters

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