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noun
Any plant in the genus Eriogonum of wild buckwheats, in the knotweed or buckwheat family (Polygonaceae), as is true buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
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noun
Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat:
Many other plants of the family Polygonaceae;
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat:
Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum), cultivated in the Himalayas;
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat:
tall buckwheat (Fagopyrum cymosum, syns. Fagopyrum acutatum, Fagopyrum dibotrys), cultivated for medicinal use and as animal fodder;
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat:
Many plants of genus Eriogonum, of North America;
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat:
Black bindweed, of species Fallopia convolvulus.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: California buckwheat, Erigonum fasciculatum
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Broader terms: eriogonum
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