BUCKWHEAT FAMILY Definition & Meaning

buckwheat family

the plant family Polygonaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, vines, shrubs, and trees having stems with swollen joints, simple leaves, small, petalless flowers, and fruit in the form of an achene, and including the buckwheat, dock, knotweed, rhubarb, sea grape, and smartweed.

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Rhubarb is part of the buckwheat family, which also includes plants like Japanese knotweed and sorrel.

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This Chinese herb, spelled many ways, is a member of the buckwheat family and roughly translates as “Black-Haired Mr. He.”

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This magenta food is actually a member of the buckwheat family, and botanically speaking, it's a vegetable.

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Polygonā′ce�, an order of apetalous plants, mostly herbs—the buckwheat family.

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