GENUS FAGOPYRUM

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Meaning:

Buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum

Synonyms:

Fagopyrum; genus Fagopyrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Fagopyrum" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Holonyms ("genus Fagopyrum" is a member of...):

buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae (a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats)

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