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buckwheat

buckw·heat

UK/ˈbʌkʍiːt/ US/ˈbʌkwiːt/ rare slang us

noun

1.

or member of 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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Origin

Ultimately from Middle Low German bōkwête (“beech-wheat”) (so called because of its triangular seeds, which resemble the much larger seeds of the beech nut from the beech tree, and the fact that it is used like wheat), probably via Middle Dutch boecweit, boecweite. Compare German Buchweizen. Despite the name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, as it is not a grass.

Phrases

  • buckwheat cake
  • buckwheat coal
  • buckwheat note
  • buckwheat tree
  • buckwheat vine
  • California buckwheat
  • climbing buckwheat
  • common buckwheat

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