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
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 Nye, Bill
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 Johnston, Mary
A. fasciculatum usually blooms in early summer, on dry, rocky hills, and is parasitic upon the roots of sagebrush, wild buckwheat, etc.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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