buckeye
/ˈbʌkaɪ/noun
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- an American tree or shrub related to the horse chestnut, with showy red or white flowers七叶树。
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- Genus Aesculus, family Hippocastanaceae: several species.七叶树属, 七叶树科：数种。
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- the nut of the buckeye七叶树的坚果。
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- （亦作buckeye butterfly）an orange and brown New World butterfly with conspicuous eyespots on the wings鹿眼蛱蝶。
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- Junonia coenia, subfamily Nymphalinae, family Nymphalidae.拉丁名 Junonia coenia, 蛱蝶亚科, 蛱蝶科。
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Buckeye
US informal a native of the state of Ohio〈美, 非正式〉俄亥俄州人。- ORIGIN: from the nickname given to the state, with reference to the abundance of buckeye trees.
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- （亦作buckeye coupling）a kind of automatic coupling for railway rolling stock鹿眼耦合。
- ORIGIN: named after the Buckeye Steel Castings Company, Columbus, Ohio.