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Buckwheat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Buckwheat has 2 senses
- buckwheat(n = noun.plant) fagopyrum esculentum, polygonum fagopyrum - 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; Array has parts: buckwheat
- buckwheat(n = noun.food) Array - grain ground into flour; Array is a kind of cereal, food grain, grain
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus polygonum, polygonum
is a part of buckwheat, fagopyrum esculentum, polygonum fagopyrum
CIDE DICTIONARY
Buckwheat, n. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.].
- A plant (
Fagopyrum esculentum ) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food. [1913 Webster] - The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Buckwheat, n. any cereal plant of the genus Fagopyrum, esp. F. esculentum with seeds used for fodder and for flour to make bread and pancakes.
Etymology
MDu. boecweite beech wheat, its grains being shaped like beechmast
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