A buckeye is a type of nut. It was named by Native Americans who thought it looked like a deer's eye. Buckeye trees tend to bloom in late summer and early fall, and they grow large Buckeye nuts.

The Ohio buckeye is a characteristic tree of our state’s native landscape, with interesting seasonal growth patterns and ties ...

The nuts hail from buckeye trees (Aesculus glabra). In the late summer and early fall, buckeye trees bear a fruit that contains a large nut – the buckeye. The fruit will eventually fall to the ...