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buckeye. American pioneers in what is now Ohio so named this horse chestnut tree because its dark-brown nut resembles the eye of a buck deer “when the shell first cracks and exposes it to sight.” A useful tree whose soft wood, cut into long shav- ings, even made ladies’ hats and whose very roots were made into a soap, the buckeye (Aesculus glabra) eventually gave its name to all the natives of the buckeye state. The nuts, or buckeye beans, of the tree were carried as good-luck charms and thought to ward off piles, rheumatism, and chills, among other maladies. |