Dictionary

wild buckwheat en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (US, uncountable, usually) Any plant in the genus Eriogonum of wild buckwheats, in the knotweed or buckwheat family (Polygonaceae), as is true buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).
2. (uncountable, usually) Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat: ▸ Many other plants of the family Polygonaceae;
3. (uncountable, usually) Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat: ▸ Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum), cultivated in the Himalayas;
4. (uncountable, usually) Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat: ▸ tall buckwheat (Fagopyrum cymosum, syns. Fagopyrum acutatum, Fagopyrum dibotrys), cultivated for medicinal use and as animal fodder;
5. (uncountable, usually) Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat: ▸ Many plants of genus Eriogonum, of North America;
6. (uncountable, usually) Other plants related to or resembling buckwheat: ▸ Black bindweed, of species Fallopia convolvulus.

Forms

Translations (1)

fi pumissi (plant of the genus Eriogonum)