How to Use buckeye in a Sentence

buckeye

noun
  • In Ohio lore, carrying the fruit of the buckeye tree can bring good luck.
    — Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
  • One of the natives that thrived was red buckeye (Aesculus pavia).
    — Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Big shrubs such as bottlebrush buckeye or common smokebush also are good options.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Your shrubs might include buttonbush, lead plant, hardy hydrangeas, ninebark and bottlebrush buckeye.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • The tree species expected to be available include Ohio buckeye, tulip poplar, white flowering dogwood, white pine and yellowwood.
    — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The welcome center's plaza is planted with natives like azaleas, oakleaf hydrangea, bottlebrush buckeye, and needle palm.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Special teams players could earn a sticker by forcing or recovering a fumble, and a 45-yard-plus field goal automatically granted kickers a buckeye leaf.
    — Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Red buckeye and coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) are two of the major native feeder plants for these little guys to follow when the plants bloom progressively from the South to the North when temperatures start to rise.
    — Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The center's garden features 60 different plant species, including bottlebrush buckeye, oakleaf hydrangea, smooth hydrangea, Japanese forest grass and lady's mantle.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Fishers park spans 127 acres of primarily red oak and sugar maple trees, though the area of Cheney Creek has some green ash, Ohio buckeye and American elm trees, according to the Nature Conservancy.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 18 Oct. 2024

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