About The Word Buckwheat
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Buckwheat
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What's The Definition Of Buckwheat?
[n] grain ground into flour
[n] or member of 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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Buckwheat: Fagopyrum esculentum | Polygonum fagopyrum Related Terms | Find terms related to Buckwheat: See Also | buckwheat | buckwheat | cereal | Fagopyrum esculentum | food grain | genus Polygonum | grain | herb | herbaceous plant | Polygonum | Polygonum fagopyrum Buckwheat In Webster's Dictionary \Buck"wheat`\, n. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to
D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
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