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
Certain fields under the plow are always infested with "blind nettles," others with wild buckwheat, black blindweed, or cockle.
From A Year in the Fields by John Burroughs
My business was to weigh wheat, deduct as much as possible on account of cockle, pigeon grass and wild buckwheat, and to chisel the honest farmer out of all he would stand.
From Remarks by Bill Nye
He started on hands and knees, but once out of his corner and the shrouding mass of wild buckwheat, terror took him.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
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