FAGOPYRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fagopyrum mean? 

• FAGOPYRUM (noun)
  The noun FAGOPYRUM has 1 sense:

1. buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum

  Familiarity information: FAGOPYRUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAGOPYRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fagopyrum; genus Fagopyrum

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)