noun
a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour
• Syn: ↑buckwheat, ↑Fagopyrum esculentum
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polygonum, ↑genus Polygonum
• Part Meronyms: ↑buckwheat
Useful english dictionary. 2012.