Found 2 items, similar to Fagopyrum esculentum.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Fagopyrum esculentum Fagopyrum esculentum n : 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 [syn: buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fagopyrum esculentum Buckwheat \Buck"wheat`\, n. [Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen.] 1. (Bot.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food. [1913 Webster] 2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc. [1913 Webster] Fagopyrum \Fagopyrum\ prop. n. a genus of plants of the buckwheat family, including the buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum. Syn: genus Fagopyrum. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]