'Aesculus paviflora' definitions:
Definition of 'Aesculus paviflora'
From: GCIDE
- 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]