buckwheat

CEFRC1

/ˈbʌkʍiːt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A plant whose seeds are used to make flour and food.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.

Examples

  • Buckwheat will be served as a side dish.

  • There is a custom of eating buckwheat noodles on New Year's Eve in Japan.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbʌkwiːt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.

  2. An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.

  3. A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.

More examples

In context

  • Buckwheat has become more expensive.

  • I'll need a few things. I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana. I'll need some buckwheat flapjack mix.

  • Mob murders are seldom buckwheats, being instead simple business matters. An exception is made, however, for murders of example, such as in the case of informers, or mobsters who hold out on gang revenues […]

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Origin

noun

Ultimately from Middle Low German bōkwête (“beech-wheat”) (so called because of its triangular seeds, which resemble the much larger seeds of the beech nut from the beech tree, and the fact that it is used like wheat), probably via Middle Dutch boecweit, boecweite. Compare German Buchweizen. Despite the name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, as it is not a grass.