buckwheat
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- noun
- /ˈbʌkˌwiːt/
:
harina de trigo sarraceno
- Buckwheat flour is often used in making buckwheat pancakes and noodles.
- buckwheat flour
- buckwheat noodles
- buckwheat pancakes
What I brought to my last flight were slices of papaya, buckwheat.
- What I brought to my last flight were slices of papaya, buckwheat.
Examples
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Tonight we have charred venison with buckwheat spaetzle and green peppercorn.
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Alice, give me a stack of buckwheat cakes with plenty of molasses and a steak, rare.
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You never did get to eat my buckwheat cakes, did you.
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So what I have next is the buckwheat loose powder from skin food.
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What kind of batter is this? - For buckwheat cakes.
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It's made with buckwheat flour and these have been cooked and cooled.
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And we've been making some waffles with the buckwheat, buckwheat flour and with garbanzo bean flour.
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You have a Galette Sousis from France, which is a buckwheat crepe wrapped around a pork sausage.
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May I recommend the salt cod bouillabaisse, followed by the buckwheat crepes with tangerine reduction.
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Up at six to make BLTs for the girls' lunches at school, as well as a breakfast of buckwheat waffles with apples and the last of the breakfast sausages.
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Synonyms
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A plant whose seeds are used as a grain and to make flour
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of plants that make flowers, for example buckwheat and rhubarb
A tree from the southeastern United States with glossy leaves and clusters of white scented flowers
A low shrub with spreading branches and small clusters of flowers found in western United States deserts
A low bush with spreading branches and small flowers that grows in western United States deserts
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word buckwheat comes from an old name 'beech-wheat' because the grain looks like small beech nuts and people used it like wheat to make flour. So the buck part is not about a 'buck' (deer) but comes from beech, which helps explain the name for this grain and its flour.