| Pronunciation: | | 'buk`weet
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| Matching Terms: | | buckwheat cake, buckwheat family, buckwheat tree
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | Fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum |
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| | See Also: | | buckwheat, buckwheat, cereal, Fagopyrum esculentum, food grain, genus Polygonum, grain, herb, herbaceous plant, Polygonum, Polygonum fagopyrum |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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