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POLYGONUM FAGOPYRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polygonum fagopyrum mean?
• POLYGONUM FAGOPYRUM (noun)
The noun POLYGONUM FAGOPYRUM 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: POLYGONUM FAGOPYRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Polygonum fagopyrum" 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 "Polygonum fagopyrum"):
buckwheat (grain ground into flour)
Holonyms ("Polygonum fagopyrum" is a member of...):
genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)
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