Buckeye

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Buckeye may refer to:

Contents 1 Botany 2 Places and their derivatives 3 Fictional characters 4 Other uses

[edit] Botany

• Several species of trees of the genus Aesculus
• The related Mexican Buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa)

[edit] Places and their derivatives

• The U.S. state of Ohio, popularly called the Buckeye State in reference to its state tree, the Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
  • The Ohio State Buckeyes, the intercollegiate athletic teams of Ohio State University
  • The Nelsonville-York High School Buckeyes athletic teams
  • The Buckeye Trail, a long-distance trail in Ohio
  • Buckeye Steel Castings, a former steelmaker in Columbus, Ohio
  • Buckeye (PRR), a named passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad between Cleveland, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Buckeye (chicken), a breed of chicken originating in Ohio
• Buckeye, Arizona
• Buckeye, Colorado
• Buckeye, Indiana
• Buckeye, Iowa
• Buckeye Township, Stephenson County, Illinois
• Buckeye Township, Michigan

[edit] Fictional characters

• Buckeye, the name of one of The three boys (opera characters) in The Magic Flute, according to Guy Davenport (the others are Quark and Tumble)
• Buckeye, an African-American boy in a comic book by Walt Kelly. Buckeye is smarter and more charismatic than Buckwheat.

[edit] Other uses

• The Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), a species of butterfly
• A peanut butter and chocolate candy made to resemble the nut of an Ohio Buckeye tree
• A type of railway coupling used to connect locomotives and rolling-stock
• The T-2 Buckeye, an aircraft
• Buckeye Division, US Army
• Buckeye Pipe Line