Buckwheat: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Buckwheat in English is the name of a plant defined with Fagopyrum dibotrys in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Polygonum labordei H. Léveillé & Vaniot (among others).
2) Buckwheat is also identified with Fagopyrum esculentum It has the synonym Polygonum emarginatum Wall. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles (1913)
· Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Polygonaceae (1958)
· Suppl. Meth. (Moench) (1802)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta (1826)
· Plant and Fungal Toxins. (1983)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with (+34): Annual buckwheat, Annual wild buckwheat, Arrowleaf buckwheat, California buckwheat, Common buckwheat, Crispleaf buckwheat, Cushion buckwheat, Divergent buckwheat, Divergent wild buckwheat, Eastern mojave buckwheat, Kangra buckwheat, Long-leaf wild buckwheat, Longleaf buckwheat, Longstem buckwheat, Mojave desert california buckwheat, Naked buckwheat, Nodding buckwheat, Nodding wild buckwheat, Parsnip-flower wild buckwheat, Parsnipflower buckwheat.
Full-text (+55): Wild buckwheat, James' buckwheat, Crispleaf buckwheat, Redroot buckwheat, Racemose buckwheat, Tall buckwheat, Tartary buckwheat, Siberian buckwheat, Eastern mojave buckwheat, Abert's buckwheat, Common buckwheat, Longleaf buckwheat, Divergent buckwheat, Davidson's buckwheat, Yucca buckwheat, Wand wild buckwheat, Hooker's buckwheat, Bailey's buckwheat, Winged buckwheat, Seaside buckwheat.
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Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 6 - Agriculture of the Vārāṇasī region < [Chapter V - Rise of Vārāṇasī as a Nodal Centre]
Paper Manufacture in India < [January-February, 1929]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)