buckwheat
pronunciation
How to pronounce buckwheat in British English:
UK [ˈbʌkwi:t]
How to pronounce buckwheat in American English:
US [ˈbʌkˌhwit, -ˌwit]
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- Noun:
- or member of 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
- grain ground into flour
Word Origin
- buckwheat
- buckwheat: [16] Buckwheat has no connection with male deer. The buck- element is related to the English word beech, and the name comes from the resemblance of buckwheat (the seeds of a plant of the dock family) to the three-sided seeds of the beech tree. The word was actually borrowed from Middle Dutch boecweite, meaning literally ‘beechwheat’.=> beech
- buckwheat (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle Dutch boecweite "beech wheat" (compare Danish boghvede, Swedish bovete, German Buchweizen), so called from resemblance between grains and seed of beech trees. Possibly a native formation on the same model as the Dutch word, from a dialectal form of beech. See beech + wheat.
Example
- 1. Replacing your refined-flour pancakes with buckwheat pancakes is a good acne-reducing move .
- 2. Buckwheat porridge is as precious as mom
- 3. The whole grain buckwheat is a good source for the antioxidant rutin , which helps combat inflammation-related skin damage .
- 4. Squirrel-tail barley , needlegrass , a clutch of fescues , tatary buckwheat , plains lovegrass and wild oats : the rooting networks of these grasses seek out and trap moisture and nutrients .
- 5. On one government website that teaches children traditional songs , the verse of " dixie " celebrating " buckwheat cakes and injun batter " that " makes you fat or a little fatter " links to a page pointing out that childhood obesity can lead to chronic diseases .