buckwheat: Meaning and Definition of

buck•wheat

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. flour made from seeds of buckwheat.

1. made with buckwheat flour: buckwheat pancakes.