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wild buckwheat

wild buckwheat noun: any plant in the genus Eriogonum of wild buckwheats, in the knotweed or buckwheat family (Polygonaceae), as is true buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).

Noun

wild buckwheat (usually uncountable, plural wild buckwheats)

  1. (US, usually) Any plant in the genus Eriogonum of wild buckwheats, in the knotweed or buckwheat family (Polygonaceae), as is true buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).
  2. (usually) Many other plants of the family Polygonaceae;
  3. (usually) Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum), cultivated in the Himalayas;
  4. (usually) tall buckwheat (Fagopyrum cymosum, syns. Fagopyrum acutatum, Fagopyrum dibotrys), cultivated for medicinal use and as animal fodder;
  5. (usually) Many plants of genus Eriogonum, of North America;
  6. (usually) Black bindweed, of species Fallopia convolvulus.

Forms of wild buckwheat

pluralwild buckwheats

Questions about wild buckwheat

What does wild buckwheat mean?
Wild buckwheat means any plant in the genus Eriogonum of wild buckwheats, in the knotweed or buckwheat family (Polygonaceae), as is true buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).
What part of speech is wild buckwheat?
Wild buckwheat is a noun.
What is the plural of wild buckwheat?
The plural of wild buckwheat is wild buckwheats.

Words near wild buckwheat in the dictionary

  1. wild blue yonder
  2. wild blueberries
  3. wild blueberry
  4. wild boar
  5. wild boars
  6. wild buckwheat
  7. wild buckwheats
  8. wild cabbage
  9. wild cabbages
  10. wild candytuft
  11. wild cane

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