slovo | definícia |
buckwheat (encz) | buckwheat,berňák n: [slang.] [amer.] jose |
buckwheat (encz) | buckwheat,pohanka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Buckwheat (gcide) | Buckwheat \Buck"wheat`\, n. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to
D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.]
1. (Bot.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum
family, the seed of which is used for food.
[1913 Webster]
2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes,
etc.
[1913 Webster] |
buckwheat (wn) | buckwheat
n 1: 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
[syn: buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum, {Fagopyrum
esculentum}]
2: grain ground into flour |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
buckwheat (encz) | buckwheat,berňák n: [slang.] [amer.] josebuckwheat,pohanka n: Zdeněk Brož |
wild buckwheat (encz) | wild buckwheat, n: |
buckwheat tree (gcide) | Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]
1. A tree of the southern United States ({Cliftonia
monophylla}) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant
white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called
also black titi, buckwheat tree, and ironwood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as
white titi.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
buckwheat (wn) | buckwheat
n 1: 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
[syn: buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum, {Fagopyrum
esculentum}]
2: grain ground into flour |
buckwheat cake (wn) | buckwheat cake
n 1: a pancake made with buckwheat flour |
buckwheat family (wn) | buckwheat family
n 1: a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the
north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats [syn:
Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family] |
buckwheat tree (wn) | buckwheat tree
n 1: tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United
States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white
flowers [syn: titi, buckwheat tree, {Cliftonia
monophylla}] |
california buckwheat (wn) | California buckwheat
n 1: low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in
loose heads; desert regions of western United States
(California to Utah) [syn: wild buckwheat, {California
buckwheat}, Erigonum fasciculatum] |
wild buckwheat (wn) | wild buckwheat
n 1: low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in
loose heads; desert regions of western United States
(California to Utah) [syn: wild buckwheat, {California
buckwheat}, Erigonum fasciculatum] |
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