boekweit — meaning in English

English meaning

• buckwheat noun A broad-leafed plant grown for its small, triangular seeds, which are used as a grain-like food even though it is not a true cereal or related to wheat.

Senses

boekweit is used for these senses in English:

• buckwheat An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
• buckwheat (culinary) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.

buckwheat — full definition

1. noun A broad-leafed plant grown for its small, triangular seeds, which are used as a grain-like food even though it is not a true cereal or related to wheat.
2. noun The seed of this plant, eaten as a pseudocereal.

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