buckwheat
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentumAn Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
» Which is healthier: rice or buckwheat?
Что полезнее: рис или гречка?
Meaning
6 senses(uncountable, usually)An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
Buchweizen
гречи́хаgrečíxa
гре́чкаhréčka
(uncountable, usually)The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
Buchweizen
гречи́хаgrečíxa, гре́чкаgréčka
гре́чкаhréčka
(US, Western, uncountable, usually)Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(slang, uncountable, usually)A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncountable, usually)The curly hair of a black person.
(slang, uncountable, usually)Pubic hair.
- grain ground into flour
- 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
Examples
9 sentencesWhich is healthier: rice or buckwheat?
ruЧто полезнее: рис или гречка?
For a side dish, there will be buckwheat.
ruНа гарнир будет гречка.
deAls Beilage gibt es Buchweizen.
These poffertjes are made of buckwheat flour with yeast.
A few days ago, buckwheat cost 18 rubles, but now it costs 21.
ruНесколько дней назад гречка стоила 18 рублей, а сейчас уже 21.
Buckwheat will be served as a side dish.
ruНа гарнир будет гречка.
deAls Beilage wird Buchweizen gereicht.
Translations
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Origin
Ultimately from Middle Low German bōkwête (“beech-wheat”) (so called because of its triangUltimately 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.
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Forms
plural: buckwheats| Singular | buckwheat |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonyms- 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:Polygonum fagopyrumFagopyrum esculentum
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable