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WILD BUCKWHEAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wild buckwheat mean?
• WILD BUCKWHEAT (noun)
The noun WILD BUCKWHEAT has 1 sense:
1. low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah)
Familiarity information: WILD BUCKWHEAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
California buckwheat; Erigonum fasciculatum; wild buckwheat
Hypernyms ("wild buckwheat" is a kind of...):
eriogonum (any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers)
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