buckwheat
/ˈbʌkhwiːt/noun
1- an Asian plant of the dock family, producing starchy seeds that are used for fodder and also milled into flour which is widely used in the US荞麦。
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- Fagopyrum esculentum, family Polygonaceae.拉丁名Fagopyrum esculentum, 蓼科。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch boecweite 'beech wheat'， its grains being shaped like beechmast.