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noun

(1) Grain ground into flour

(2) A member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch boecweite or Middle Low German bōkwēte ‘beech-wheat’.

Noun

An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
The fruit of this plant used as a cereal.