(n) 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. Fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum

buckwheat

(n) grain ground into flour

buckwheat cake

(n) a pancake made with buckwheat flour

wild buckwheat

(n) low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah), Syn. Erigonum fasciculatum, California buckwheat

polygonaceae

(n) a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats, Syn. family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family

titi

(n) tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers, Syn. buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Buckwheat

n. [ Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen. ] 1. (Bot.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

荞麦

[荞麦 / 蕎麥, qiáo mài] buckwheat #36852

荞

[荞 / 蕎, qiáo] buckwheat #44855

荍

[荍, shōu] buckwheat; herbal medicine #247969

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

蕎麦

[そば(P);そばむぎ;そまむぎ, soba (P); sobamugi ; somamugi] (n) (1) (uk) buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); (2) (そば only) (See 蕎麦切り) soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; (P) #15437

そば切り;蕎麦切り;蕎麦切;そば切

[そばきり, sobakiri] (n) (See 蕎麦・2) soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

そば粉;蕎麦粉

[そばこ, sobako] (n) buckwheat flour

掛け蕎麦;掛蕎麦

[かけそば, kakesoba] (n) buckwheat noodles in hot broth

括り枕;括枕(io)

[くくりまくら, kukurimakura] (n) pillow stuffed with buckwheat chaff, rice husks or similar material

蕎麦がき;蕎麦掻き;蕎麦掻(io)

[そばがき, sobagaki] (n) buckwheat mash (buckwheat flour in hot water served with shoyu)

蕎麦ボーロ

[そばボーロ, soba bo-ro] (n) (uk) buckwheat cookie