episode 109: Buckeye and Cat’s Ear
This is not a dandelion
The guest on this episode of rootbound is B.C. Vital! First, a list of plants named after parts of animals. Then B.C. shares a “strange” and “horrible” tree that has become the identity of an entire state. Steve shares a flower that is not a dandelion but still has a cat connection. Finally, the surprising etymology of the word ‘sycophant’.
Show Notes!
Aesculus glabra - Ohio Buckeye
Why are Ohioans called buckeyes?
Buckeye (candy)
Why is a buckeye seed in your pocket good luck?
Radicate definition
Hypochaeris radicata - Cat’s Ear
Illustrations of the atmospherical origin of epidemic diseases, and of its relation to their predisponent constitutional causes and on the twofold means of prevention, mitigation, and cure, and of the powerful influence of change of air as a prinicpal remedy
The Ancient Greek Story Behind the Word “Sycophant”
B.C. Vital on Instagram - follow along on her journey in publishing the Erie Legacies
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