Buckwheat

['bʌkwiːt] or ['bʌkwit]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) grain ground into flour.

(noun.) 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.

整理:莱缪尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.

(n.) The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.

克拉丽斯編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a species of Polygonum grown in Germany Brittany &c. for feeding horses cattle and poultry—buckwheat cakes are esteemed on American breakfast-tables.

錄入:莫拉