Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 a member of the genus Fagopyrum; 
 annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour; 
[syn: buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum, Fagopyrum esculentum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Polygonum fagopyrum
    n 1: a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with
         clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible
         triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour
         [syn: buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum, Fagopyrum
         esculentum]