buckwheat
buckwheatnoun- 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
- Fagopyrum esculentum, family Polygonaceae
拉丁名Fagopyrum esculentum,蓼科
语源- mid 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch boecweite 'beech wheat', its grains being shaped like beechmast
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