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Definitions for Buckwheat
[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.
[4] made with buckwheat flour: buckwheat pancakes.
[5] 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
[6] the edible seeds of this plant, ground into flour or used as animal fodder
[7] the flour obtained from these seeds
Words nearby Buckwheat
buckstay, bucktail, buckthorn, buckthorn family, bucktooth, buckwheat, buckwheat cake, buckwheat coal, buckwheat family, buckwheat note, buckyball
Origin of Buckwheat
1540–50; obsolete buck (Old English bōc beech) + wheat; compare Dutch boekweit, German Buchweizen; so called because its seeds resemble beechnuts
Other words from Buckwheat
buck·wheat·like , adjective
Word origin for Buckwheat
C16: from Middle Dutch boecweite , from boeke beech + weite wheat , from the resemblance of their seeds to beechnuts