buckwheat
noun/ˈbʌkwiːt/
/ˈbʌkwiːt/
[uncountable]- small dark seed that is grown as food for animals and for making flourTopics Farmingc2, Foodc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch boecweite ‘beech wheat’, its grains being shaped like beechmast.
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