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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024buck•wheat /ˈbʌkˌhwit, -ˌwit/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Plant Biologya plant grown for its edible triangular seeds.
- Plant Biology, Foodthe seeds of this plant, made into flour or a cereal.
- FoodAlso called ˈbuck•wheat ˌflour. flour made from buckwheat seeds.
adj. [usually before a noun] - made with buckwheat flour: buckwheat pancakes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024buck•wheat (buk′hwēt′, -wēt′),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya 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 family.
- Plant Biologythe seeds of this plant.
- Also, buck′wheat flour′. flour made from seeds of buckwheat.
adj. - made with buckwheat flour:buckwheat pancakes.
- 1540–50; obsolete buck(Old English bōc beech) + wheat; compare Dutch boekweit, German Buchweizen; so called because its seeds resemble beechnuts
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: buckwheat /ˈbʌkˌwiːt/ n - 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
- the edible seeds of this plant, ground into flour or used as animal fodder
- the flour obtained from these seeds
Etymology: 16th Century: from Middle Dutch boecweite, from boeke beech + weite wheat, from the resemblance of their seeds to beechnuts |