NOUN | plant | buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum, Fagopyrum esculentum | a member of the genus Fagopyrum |
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food | buckwheat | grain ground into flour |
Sounds | bah'kwiy.t | |
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Rhymes | aesthete ... worksheet: 76 rhymes with iyt... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | Polygonum fagopyrum, Fagopyrum esculentum | |
Member of | Polygonum, genus Polygonum | diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions |
Parts | buckwheat | grain ground into flour |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
Spanish | alforfón, fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum | |
Catalan | fagopyrum esculentum, fajol |
Meaning | grain ground into flour. | |
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Part of | buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum, Fagopyrum esculentum | A member of the genus Fagopyrum |
Broader | grain, food grain, cereal | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses |
Spanish | alforfón, trigo sarraceno | |
Catalan | blat negre, fajol |
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