BUCKWHEAT
\bˈʌkwiːt], \bˈʌkwiːt], \b_ˈʌ_k_w_iː_t]\
Definitions of BUCKWHEAT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.
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The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.
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A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.
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The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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Either of two species (Fagopyrum esculentum, or sagittatum, and F. tataricum) of herbaceous plants and their edible seeds, used as a cereal grain. Although the seeds are used as cereal, the plant is not one of the cereal grasses (POACEAE).
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A kind of grain having three-cornered seeds like though much smaller than the kernels of beech-nuts. From buckwheat flour a nutritious griddle cake is made, excellent as a winter diet, in the United States.
By Daniel Lyons
By Robley Dunglison
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