英语词汇buckeye的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

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.

词汇	buckeye
词源	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.
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