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Definition of buckwheat : 1. A plant ( Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.
2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.

Synonyms:

Fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum

Usage examples:

• Buckwheat, common wheat, rye, and Indian corn composed the meal which made their bread. - "Stories of New Jersey", Frank Richard Stockton.
• When I mentioned the idea to Betty, she didn't say anything for a few seconds, and then she said very demurely: " Dawson, you can have two more buckwheat cakes this morning." - "Dawson Black: Retail Merchant", Harold Whitehead.
• And the sky is so full of stars it seems Like a field of buckwheat. - "Toward the Gulf", Edgar Lee Masters.