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Buckeye State   /bˈəkˌaɪ steɪt/   Listen
noun
Buckeye  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (AEsculus) as the horse chestnut.
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.
2.
A cant name for a native or resident of Ohio. (U.S.)
Buckeye State, Ohio; so called because buckeye trees abound there.





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"Buckeye state" Quotes from Famous Books



... from the Buckeye State was sly. He looked at the rigid coppery countenance of the chieftain as these words were interpreted to him. The youth thought he detected a sparkle of the small black eyes, but I fear it was ...
— Deerfoot in The Mountains • Edward S. Ellis
... Colonel in tones that rang like bugle notes, "the time has come for us to strike a blow for the Union, and for the fame of the dear old Buckeye State. I need not exhort you to do your duty like men; I know you too well to think that any such words of mine are at all ...
— The Red Acorn • John McElroy
... dinners, so did Foraker, and at the last dinner of the Ohio Society the star was Senator Warren G. Harding. On one occasion, when McKinley and Garfield were present, in the course of my speech I made a remark which has since been adopted as a sort of motto by the Buckeye State. Ohio, I think, has passed Virginia as a mother of presidents. It is remarkable that the candidates of both great parties are now of that State. I said in the closing of my speech, alluding to the distinguished ...
— My Memories of Eighty Years • Chauncey M. Depew


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