| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| buckeye |
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| SYLLABICATION: | buck·eye |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b k   |
| NOUN: | 1. Any of various North American trees or shrubs of the genus Aesculus, having palmately compound, opposite leaves, erect panicles of white to red or yellow flowers, and large shiny seeds with a large attachment scar. All parts of the plant are poisonous. 2. The spiny or smooth fruit of any of these plants. 3. The large shiny brown seed of such a fruit. | | ETYMOLOGY: | buck1 + eye.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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