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Noun: buckwheat family  'búk`weet 'famulee
  1. A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats
    - Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceae

Derived forms: buckwheat families

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: order Polygonales, Polygonales

Encyclopedia: Buckwheat family