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Fagopyrum esculentum
Buckwheat \Buck"wheat`\, n. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.]
(Bot.) A plant ( Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.
The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.
Fagopyrum esculentum
Fagopyrum \Fagopyrum\ prop. n. a genus of plants of the buckwheat family, including the buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum.
Syn: genus Fagopyrum.
Usage examples of "fagopyrum esculentum".
By some botanists, the Buckwheat is separated from the Polygonums, receiving the name Fagopyrum esculentum (Moench).