wild buckwheat

noun

Origin of wild buckwheat

First recorded in 1875–80

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Certain fields under the plow are always infested with "blind nettles," others with wild buckwheat, black blindweed, or cockle.
A Year in the Fields | John Burroughs
The white dock, sometimes called wild buckwheat, nods on its slender stalks two feet above the earth.
Your National Parks | Enos A. Mills
He crouched close, a mere lump of demoralization, behind a veil of wild buckwheat.
The Long Roll | Mary Johnston
Why, last winter, Mrs. Chipmunk and I had a miserable time living through the winter on wild buckwheat!
Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin | Ben Field
My grandfather would have starved rather than eat wild buckwheat!
Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin | Ben Field

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