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tartary buckwheat
(redirected from Fagopyrum tataricum)

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tartary buckwheat [′tärd·ə·rē ′bək‚wēt]
(botany)
One of three buckwheat species grown commercially; the leaves are narrower than the other two species and arrow-shaped, and the flowers are smaller with inconspicuous greenish-white sepals. Also known as duck wheat; hulless buckwheat; rye buckwheat.


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Two species of buckwheat are the main ones cultivated world-wide, namely, Fagopyrum esculentum Moench and Fagopyrum tataricum Gaerth.
 
 
 
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