Fagopyrum esculentum Definition

Fagopyrum esculentum: Either of two species (Fagopyrum esculentum, or sagittatum, and F. tataricum) of herbaceous plants and their edible seeds, used as a cereal grain. Although the seeds are used as cereal, the plant is not one of the cereal grasses (POACEAE).

Terms Related to Fagopyrum esculentum

Cereal
Those grasses (POACEAE) which yield edible seeds commonly recognized as food grains.
Millet
A genus of small cereal grasses (POACEAE), Panicum, used for forage. Its grain is used for food.
Triticum
The most nutritious of the cereal grasses (POACEAE), Triticum vulgare, grown mostly in the temperate climates. It also includes other triticum species. Several lectins, starch, ...
Italian Millet
A genus of small cereal grasses (POACEAE), Panicum, used for forage. Its grain is used for food.
Wheat
The most nutritious of the cereal grasses (POACEAE), Triticum vulgare, grown mostly in the temperate climates. It also includes other triticum species. Several lectins, starch, ...
Panicum
A genus of small cereal grasses (POACEAE), Panicum, used for forage. Its grain is used for food.
Grain
Those grasses (POACEAE) which yield edible seeds commonly recognized as food grains.

Synonym: fagopyrum tataricum, fagopyrum sagittatum, buckwheat.

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Fagopyrum esculentum Definition

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Millet

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Italian Millet

Wheat

Panicum

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