wild buckwheat

noun

1. umbrella plant ( def 3 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild buckwheat¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Certain fields under the plow are always infested with "blind nettles," others with wild buckwheat, black blindweed, or cockle.

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The white dock, sometimes called wild buckwheat, nods on its slender stalks two feet above the earth.

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He crouched close, a mere lump of demoralization, behind a veil of wild buckwheat.

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Why, last winter, Mrs. Chipmunk and I had a miserable time living through the winter on wild buckwheat!

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My grandfather would have starved rather than eat wild buckwheat!

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