Buckwheat definitions

Buckwheat

1) Fagopyrum
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Buckwheat

1) Fagopyrum esculentum 2) Flour used in pancakes 3) Grain ground into flour 4) Herb 5) Herbaceous plant 6) Ingredient in pancakes 7) Polygonum fagopyrum 8) The seeds of this plant
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Buckwheat

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds, and also used as a cover crop. Despite the name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, as it is not a grass. Instead, buckwheat is related to sorrel, knotweed, and rhubarb. Because its seeds are eaten, it is referred to as a pseudocereal. The cultivation of buckwheat gra...
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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 is a member of the grass family whose seed is high in calcium. Buckwheat seeds are ground whole into a flour before used in cereal, which result in the appearance of small, black specks in flakes. Buckwheat is gluten-free.
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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, fo...
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Buckwheat

Buckwheat or Brank (Fagopyrum esculentum or Polygonum Fagopyrum) is a plant of the family Polygonacea, with a branched herbaceous stem, somewhat arrow-shaped leaves, and purplish-white flowers, growing to a height of about one meter, and bearing a small triangular grain resembling a beech-nut - whence the name whichis a corruption of beechwheat- of...
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buckwheat

[n] - or member of genus Fagopyrum 2. [n] - grain ground into flour
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buckwheat

noun grain ground into flour
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buckwheat

Any of a group of cereal plants. The name usually refers to Fagopyrum esculentum, which reaches about 1 m/3 ft in height and can grow on poor soil in a short summer. The highly nutritious black triangular seeds (groats) are eaten by both animals and humans. They can be cooked and eaten whole or as a cracked meal (kasha), or g...
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Buckwheat

Kuttu
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Buckwheat

Fagopyrum esculentum -
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buckwheat

a plant, esp. Fagopyrum esculentum, cultivated for its triangular seeds, which are used as a feed for animals or made into a flour for human consumption, as in pancakes or cereal. Cf. buckwheat family. · the seeds of this plant. · flour made from seeds of buckwheat.
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