buckwheat
(noun) grain ground into flour
buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum, Fagopyrum esculentum
(noun) a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour
Source: WordNet® 3.1
buckwheat (usually uncountable, plural buckwheats)
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
(culinary) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
Source: Wiktionary
Buck"wheat`, n. Etym: [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.
2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
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