FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fagopyrum esculentum mean? 

• FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM (noun)
  The noun FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buckwheat; Fagopyrum esculentum; Polygonum fagopyrum

Hypernyms ("Fagopyrum esculentum" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "Fagopyrum esculentum"):

buckwheat (grain ground into flour)

Holonyms ("Fagopyrum esculentum" is a member of...):

genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)