buckwheat family — the plant family Polygonaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, vines, shrubs, and trees having stems with swollen joints, simple leaves, small, petalless flowers, and fruit in the form of an achene, and including the buckwheat, dock, knotweed … Universalium
buckwheat — [buk′hwēt΄, buk′wēt΄] n. [< ME bok (< OE boc ), BEECH + WHEAT, transl. of MDu boecweit or MLowG bokwete: from the resemblance of the seeds to beechnuts] 1. any of several plants (genus Fagopyrum) of the buckwheat family, grown for their… … English World dictionary
buckwheat — buckwheatlike, adj. /buk hweet , weet /, n. 1. a plant, esp. 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. Cf. buckwheat… … Universalium
buckwheat — noun Etymology: Dutch boekweit, from Middle Dutch boecweit, from boec (akin to Old High German buohha beech tree) + weit wheat more at beech Date: 1548 1. any of a genus (Fagopyrum of the family Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family) of Eurasian… … New Collegiate Dictionary
buckwheat — buck•wheat [[t]ˈbʌkˌ(h)wit, ˌwit[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several plants of the genus Fagopyrum, of the buckwheat family, cultivated for their edible triangular seeds 2) pln coo the seeds of this plant, made into flour or a cereal 3) coo Also called … From formal English to slang
buckwheat — Hu ahu akō (buckwheat family) … English-Hawaiian dictionary
family Polygonaceae — noun a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats • Syn: ↑Polygonaceae, ↑buckwheat family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Polygonale … Useful english dictionary
Buckwheat — Buck wheat , n. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.] 1. (Bot.) A plant ({Fagopyrum esculentum}) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food. [1913 Webster] 2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Buckwheat — Taxobox name = Common Buckwheat image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Polygonaceae genus = Fagopyrum species = F. esculentum binomial = Fagopyrum esculentum binomial… … Wikipedia
Buckwheat Donahue — Carlin Buckwheat Donahue (born 1952) a legendary Alaskan folklorist, storyteller, entertainer, historian, adventurer, and four time gold panning champion, is one of the most recognizable faces in Alaska, and has been involved in many different… … Wikipedia
