buckwheat

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Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
25
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈbʌkʍiːt/
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/ˈbʌkʍiːt/ · /ˈbʌkwiːt/

Definition of buckwheat

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
  2. (uncountable, usually)The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
    “I'll need a few things. I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana. I'll need some buckwheat flapjack mix.”
  3. (US, Western, uncountable, usually)Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
  4. (slang, uncountable, usually)A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
    “Mafia mythology has many believe that the method used to eliminate a person is often a reflection of the respect for that individual. In this case, the Profaci gunman must have witnessed a "buckwheat's" execution, where an example is being made of the victim by inflicting pain for a prolonged period.”
    “Mob murders are seldom buckwheats, being instead simple business matters. An exception is made, however, for murders of example, such as in the case of informers, or mobsters who hold out on gang revenues […]”
  5. (US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable, usually)Curly hair of a black person.
  6. (slang, uncountable, usually)Pubic hair.

name

  1. (derogatory, humorous)Barack Obama.
    “How will "Buckwheat" Obama handle the ever increasing nuke threat from Iran?”
    “You know as well as I do that OIF will end sweetly, nicely, AND WAAY BEFORE 2012. Unlike Hitlary (always ducking sniper fire) and Buckwheat (doesn't know when to duck or how to fire), McAmnesty will leave a bloody trail of blasted ass from the Mall to Langley!”
    “If you voted for Buckwheat in 2008, it proves your^([sic]) not a racist. If you vote for Buckwheat in 2012, it will prove that you are a frickin' idiot. Life's tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid.”
    “Buckwheat was the first to ignore the 1st Ammendment^([sic]) and the government not interfering with the free exercise of religious faith.”

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Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Low German bōkwête (“beech-wheat”) (so called because of its triangular seeds, which resemble the much larger seeds of the beech nut from the beech tree, and the…

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Ultimately from Middle Low German bōkwête (“beech-wheat”) (so called because of its triangular seeds, which resemble the much larger seeds of the beech nut from the beech tree, and the fact that it is used like wheat), probably via Middle Dutch boecweit, boecweite. Compare German Buchweizen. Despite the name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, as it is not a grass.

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