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buckwheat

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buck=wheat

CIDE DICTIONARY

buckwheatn. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.].
  •  A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

buckwheat, n. any cereal plant of the genus Fagopyrum, esp. F. esculentum with seeds used for fodder and for flour to make bread and pancakes.

Etymology
MDu. boecweite beech wheat, its grains being shaped like beechmast

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