buckwheat
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noun
1.
a plant, especially 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. Compare buckwheat family.
2.
the seeds of this plant.
3.
Also, buckwheat flour. flour made from seeds of buckwheat.
adjective
4.
made with buckwheat flour: buckwheat pancakes.
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| —n | |
| 1. | any of several polygonaceous plants of the genus Fagopyrum, esp F. esculentum, which has fragrant white flowers and is cultivated, esp in the US, for its seeds |
| 2. | the edible seeds of this plant, ground into flour or used as animal fodder |
| 3. | the flour obtained from these seeds |
| [C16: from Middle Dutch boecweite, from boeke | |
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Word Origin & History
buckwheat
1540s, from M.Du. boecweite "beech wheat" (cf. Dan. boghvede, Swed. bohvete, Ger. Buchweizen), so called from resemblance between grains and seed of beech trees. Possibly a native formation on the same model as the Dutch word.
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Example sentences
What distinguishes it from those that are best known is its predominant grain, buckwheat.
Wild buckwheat, the white-flowered shrub in the top photo is also central to this plant community.
Buckwheat production starts in the greenhouse by planting seeds for transplants.
The buckwheat noodles, rolled and cut by hand, are made fresh a few times a day.
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