buckwheat family

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buckwheat family - a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheatsfamily Polygonaceae, Polygonaceaedicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationorder Polygonales, Polygonales - coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,genus Polygonum, Polygonum - diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regionsFagopyrum, genus Fagopyrum - buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonumgenus Eriogonum - North American herbs of the buckwheat familygenus Rheum, Rheum - rhubarbgenus Rumex, Rumex - docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions