— buckwheatlike , adj.
/buk"hweet', -weet'/ , n.
1. a plant, esp. Fagopyrum esculentum, cultivated for its triangular seeds, which are used as a feed for animals or made into a flour for human consumption, as in pancakes or cereal. Cf. buckwheat family .
2. the seeds of this plant.
3. Also, buckwheat flour . flour made from seeds of buckwheat.
adj.
4. made with buckwheat flour: buckwheat pancakes.
[ 1540-50; obs. buck (OE boc BEECH) + WHEAT; cf. D boekweit, G Buchweizen; so called because its seeds resemble beechnuts ]