English Explanatory Dictionary

buckwheat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
  2. The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
  3. Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
  4. A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
  5. Curly hair of a black person.
  6. Pubic hair.
name
  1. Barack Obama.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌkʍiːt/ /ˈbʌkwiːt/ en-us-buckwheat.ogg

Word forms

buckwheat buckwheats

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Low German bōkwête (“beech-wheat”) (so called because of its triangular seeds, which resemble the much larger seeds of the beech nut from the beech tree, and the fact that it is used like wheat), probably via Middle Dutch boecweit, boecweite. Compare German Buchweizen. Despite the name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, as it is not a grass.

Derived words

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