buckwheat

buck·wheat (b

, -w

)

a. An annual Asian plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) having clusters of small whitish or pinkish flowers and small, seedlike, triangular fruits.

b. The edible fruits of this plant, used either whole or ground into flour.

2. Any of several similar or related plants.

[Probably partial translation of Middle Dutch boecweite : boek, beech; see bhgo- in Indo-European roots + weite, wheat.]

buckwheat

Fagopyrum esculentum

buckwheat [ˈbʌkˌwiːt]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the edible seeds of this plant, ground into flour or used as animal fodder

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the flour obtained from these seeds

[from Middle Dutch boecweite, from boeke beech + weite wheat, from the resemblance of their seeds to beechnuts]

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Noun	1.	buckwheat - 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 Fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum buckwheat - grain ground into flour herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Polygonum, Polygonum - diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions
	2.	buckwheat - grain ground into flour food grain, grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum - 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

Translations

buckwheat [ˈbʌkwiːt] N → alforfón m, trigo m sarraceno

buckwheat [ˈbʌk^hwiːt] n (= grain) → sarrasin m (= flour) → farine f de blé noir

buckwheat [ˈbʌkˌwiːt] n → grano saraceno

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battercake
blini
bliny
Buck wheat
buckwheat family
California buckwheat
Erigonum fasciculatum
eriogonum
Fagopyrum
Fagopyrum esculentum
family Polygonaceae
flannel cake
flannel-cake
flapcake
genus Eriogonum
genus Fagopyrum
genus Polygonum
hot cake
hotcake

The bailiff came in, and said everything, thank God, was doing well; but informed him that the buckwheat in the new drying machine had been a little scorched.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

The richer or the more energetic among them sowed buckwheat for home consumption; sometimes they raised a crop of barley or oats, but wheat was unknown.

The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context

Hill-food is very simple, but with buckwheat and Indian corn, and rice and red pepper, and little fish out of the stream in the valley, and honey from the flue-like hives built in the stone walls, and dried apricots, and turmeric, and wild ginger, and bannocks of flour, a devout woman can make good things, and it was a full bowl that the priest carried to the Bhagat.

The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

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