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buckwheat

[ buhk-hweet, -weet ]

noun

  1. a plant, especially 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. Compare buckwheat family.
  2. the seeds of this plant.
  3. Also buckwheat flour. flour made from seeds of buckwheat.


adjective

  1. made with buckwheat flour:

    buckwheat pancakes.

buckwheat

/ ˈbʌkˌwiːt /

noun

  1. any of several polygonaceous plants of the genus Fagopyrum , esp F. esculentum , which has fragrant white flowers and is cultivated, esp in the US, for its seeds
  2. the edible seeds of this plant, ground into flour or used as animal fodder
  3. the flour obtained from these seeds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • buck·wheat·like adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of buckwheat1

1540–50; obsolete buck ( Old English bōc beech ) + wheat; compare Dutch boekweit, German Buchweizen; so called because its seeds resemble beechnuts
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Word History and Origins

Origin of buckwheat1

C16: from Middle Dutch boecweite , from boeke beech + weite wheat , from the resemblance of their seeds to beechnuts
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Example Sentences

The vast majority of residents live extremely close to the bone, patching together a living by herding livestock and subsistence farming crops of buckwheat, potatoes, and barley.

Women’s Men’sDesigned to promote proper posture during meditation, the Walden cushion is filled with natural buckwheat hulls and topped with memory foam that molds to your backside.

Jacques Pépin’s vegetable soup recipe is satisfying, simple cooking at its bestIt’s also a primer on barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rice, rye, sorghum and wheat — all of which are ancient grains.

For those unfamiliar, soba is buckwheat noodle dish—and they proved much more popular amongst the public.

There were no lines even around the stalls serving up free buckwheat and pork gruel.

The buckwheat with pork fat and boiled potatoes is served in cellophane bowls and is fresh and tasty.

Even skeptics are stocking up on a few extra kilos of buckwheat, pasta, oatmeal, rice, and salt “for the black day.”

I would cook her favorite, buckwheat with onions, which I was too busy to make when she was alive.

Woe unto me, etc.—Rather than eat the Czar's buckwheat mush—to study the Bible with its commentaries.

A piece of bread with a buckwheat cake, if only it can be procured, is a very good dinner indeed.

Certain fields under the plow are always infested with "blind nettles," others with wild buckwheat, black blindweed, or cockle.

One October, for many successive days, I saw one carrying into his hole buckwheat which he had stolen from a near field.

The hulls of corn, and especially the husks of oats and buckwheat, should also be separated in some way.

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