Look up: Buckwheat

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   Buckwheat
   Buckwheat or Brank (Fagopyrum esculentum or Polygonum Fagopyrum) is a plant of the order Polygonacea, with a branched herbaceous stem, somewhat arrow-shaped leaves, and purplish-white flowers, growing to a heaight of about one meter, and bearing a small triangular grain of a brownish-black hue. It is cultivated in the far-east as a bread-corn and in Europe as a feed for farm animals.
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   buckwheat
   [n] - or member of genus Fagopyrum 2. [n] - grain ground into flour
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   buckwheat
   belongs to the Polygonaceae family Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Buckwheat
   Buck'wheat` noun [ Buck a beech tree + wheat ; akin to Dutch boekweit , German buchweizen .] 1. (Botany) 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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   buckwheat
   1. <botany> 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. ... Origin: Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. Boekweit, G. Buchweizen. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   buckwheat
   noun grain ground into flour
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   buckwheat
   Polygonum fagopyrum 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
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   Buckwheat
   `Buckwheat` refers to plants in two genera of the family Polygonaceae, the Eurasian genus `Fagopyrum`, and the North American genus `Eriogonum`. The crop plant, common buckwheat, is `Fagopyrum esculentum`. Tartary buckwheat (`F. tataricum` Gaertn.) or `bitter buckwheat` is also used as a crop, but it is much less common. Despite the common name and the grain-like use of the crop, buckwheats are not grasses and are not related to wheat. The agricu...
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   Buckwheat
   • (n.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food. • (n.) The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.
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    buckwheat
    either of two species (Fagopyrum esculentum, or sagittatum, and F. tataricum) of herbaceous plants and their edible seeds, which are used as a ... [2 related articles]
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    buckwheat
    buckwheat, common name for certain members of the Polygonaceae, a family of herbs and shrubs found chiefly in north temperate areas and having a characteristic pungent juice containing oxalic acid. Species native to the United States are most common in the West. The largest genus of the family, Poly...
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