buckeye

buck-eye

noun

An informal nickname for a person from the US state of Ohio.

"He proudly declared himself a Buckeye."

noun

A North American tree or shrub, or its shiny, dark brown seed resembling a deer's eye.

"The buckeye tree produces distinctive, poisonous seeds."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: Aesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut, Ohioan, conker