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buckwheat

noun
🔊/ˈbʌkwiːt/
🔊/ˈbʌkwiːt/
 [uncountable]
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  1. small dark seed that is grown as food for animals and for making flour荞麦Topics Farmingc2, Foodc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Middle Dutch boecweite ‘beech wheat’, its grains being shaped like beechmast.