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Buckwheat - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Buckwheat : (noun)
1: 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 [syn: Polygonum fagopyrum, Fagopyrum esculentum]
2: grain ground into flour
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Buckwheat : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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