2007-02-14 08:20:42 · 21 answers · asked by My Hero :) 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
What is an Ohio Buckeye?
Buckeyes are trees native to temperate areas in North America, Europe and eastern Asia. They are classified in the genus Aesculus, which is one of two genera in the family Hippocastanaceae. The Ohio Buckeye is Aesculus glabra Willdenow. It is a small tree with a short trunk and narrowish crown usually reaching a height of about 50 feet, but very old individuals may be taller. It is most easily recognized by its palmately compound leaves (with 5-7 leaflets arranged as fingers on a hand) and clusters of small, pale yellow flowers that occur at the ends of branches in late April to early May. In native settings, it is usually found along river banks. It occurs throughout Ohio, which is near the eastern edge of its range, but it ranges west through Indiana, Illinois, southeastern Iowa and Missouri to eastern Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Today the Buckeye is not widely used by man except occasionally as a cultivated landscape plant and sometimes for its seeds, which are carried as good luck charms. In the past, when large Buckeye trees were more plentiful in the forests, they were considered valuable timber trees. The wood, which is white, fine-grained, and moderately soft, was widely used for turning and for making small items of woodenware, such as bowls, spoons, handles, ornaments and boxes. Because it is easy to carve and resists splitting, it was once an important material for the manufacture of artificial limbs, and it was used for flooring, the bodies of wooden vehicles, and for inexpensive furniture. The bark produces a yellow dye that has been used to tan leather, and the seeds were used as a source of oil for lamps, an insecticide, and bookbinder's paste.
2007-02-14 08:24:16 · answer #1 · answered by Asomugha21 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Buckeye is a tree probably closely related to the chestnut, it has a similar nut anyway. They are very common in Ohio hence the OSU Buckeyes.
2007-02-14 08:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by dutch132004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a seed from a Buckeye tree. (Like Brutis, the Ohio State mascot, he's a buckeye nut.) From a true OHIO STATE BUCKEYES fan.
2007-02-14 12:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A buckeye is a nut. It is medium sized, round, and brown. Dark Brown all over with a light brown circle on top. When it is on the tree it is in a sort of caseing that is spiky. I have a tree in my back yard.
2007-02-14 08:57:06 · answer #4 · answered by edempsey18 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its the seed of a buckeye tree
2007-02-14 08:23:52 · answer #5 · answered by stlouiscards8 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a buckeye is a nut found on a buckeye tree or something. it is poisinous and if u saw a hiesman commercial that big nut is a buckeye
2007-02-14 08:25:52 · answer #6 · answered by pedro 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure a Buckeye is someone who goes to OSU. They lose to teams that can actually play football.
2007-02-15 06:03:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to understand what choke means. This is the second year in a row they got beat by a better team. This is not a choke you goof. Actually the score should have been a bigger margin. I am more disappointed in LSU for letting them hang around in the second half and keep it a 2 TD margin.
2016-05-23 23:18:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a North American species of treefrom the genus Aesculus.
In those Heisman truck commercials, the nut from one of those trees was the big boulder looking thing chasing the truck with all the other mascot animals and people
2007-02-14 08:30:56 · answer #9 · answered by Bill S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Tree
2007-02-14 08:24:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋