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FAGOPYRUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum
Synonyms:
Fagopyrum; genus Fagopyrum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Fagopyrum" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Holonyms ("Fagopyrum" is a member of...):
buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae (a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats)