HyperDic: fagopyrum_esculentum

English > 1 sense of the expression Fagopyrum esculentum:
NOUNplantFagopyrum esculentum, buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyruma member of the genus Fagopyrum
English > Fagopyrum esculentum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsbuckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum
Member ofPolygonum, genus Polygonumdiverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions
Partsbuckwheatgrain ground into flour
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishalforfón, fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum
Catalanfagopyrum esculentum, fajol

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