wild buckwheat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wild buckwheat
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Within a few feet, he stops and hunches over a weedy patch at the edge of the asphalt, where he identifies wild buckwheat, wood sorrel and chickweed.
From Washington Post
There are rules for prime farm lands, tribal government elections, gypsum wild buckwheat, car pools, surface mining, noise, personal protective devices.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wild buckwheat is a characteristic feature of the southern landscape.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Why, last winter, Mrs. Chipmunk and I had a miserable time living through the winter on wild buckwheat!
From Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin by Field, Ben
There were acres and acres of sage brush, sometimes a field of wild buckwheat and once in a while a small grove of live oak shrubs or of red and blue gum trees.
From The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines by Vandercook, Margaret O'Bannon Womack
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