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BUCKWHEAT , the See also: fruit (so-called seeds) of Fagopyrum esculentum (natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Polygonaceae), a herbaceous plant, native of central See also:Asia, but cultivated in See also:Europe and See also:North See also:America; also extensively cultivated in the See also:Himalaya, as well as an allied See also:species F. tataricum. The fruit has a dark See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown tough rind enclosing the See also:kernel or See also:seed, and is three-sided in See also:form, with See also:sharp angles, similar in shape to See also:beech-See also:mast, whence the name from the Ger. Buchweizen, beechwheat. Buckwheat is grown in See also:Great See also:Britain only to See also:supply See also:food for pheasants and to feed poultry, which devour the seeds with avidity. In the See also:northern countries of Europe, however, the seeds are employed as human food, chiefly in the form of cakes, which when baked thin have an agreeable See also:taste, with a darkish somewhat See also:violet See also:colour. The See also:meal of buckwheat is also baked into crumpets, as a favourite dainty among Dutch See also:children, and in the See also:Russian See also:army See also:buck-See also:wheat groats are served out as See also:part of the soldiers' rations, which they See also:cook with See also:butter, See also:tallow or See also:hemp-seed oil. Buckwheat is also used as food in the See also:United States, where " buckwheat cakes " are a See also:national dish; and by the See also:Hindus it is eaten on " See also:bart " or fast days, being one of the phalahas or lawful foods for such occasions. When it is used as food for See also:cattle the hard sharp angular rind must first be removed. As compared with the See also:principal cereal grains, buckwheat is poor in nitrogenous sub-stances and See also:fat; but the rapidity and ease with which it can be grown render it a See also:fit See also:crop for very poor, badly tilled See also:land. An immense quantity of buckwheat See also:honey is collected in See also:Russia, bees showing a marked preference for the See also:flowers of the plant. The plant is also used as a See also:green See also:fodder.
In the United States buckwheat is sown at the end of See also:June or beginning of See also:July, the amount of seed varying from 3 to 5 pecks to the See also:acre. The crop matures rapidly and continues blooming till frosts set in, so that at See also: harvest, which is usually set to occur just before this See also:period, the See also:grain is in various stages of ripeness. It is cut by See also:hand or with the self-delivery reaper, and allowed to See also:lie in the swath for a few days and then set up in shocks. The stalks are not tied into bundles as in the See also:case of other grain crops, the tops of the shocks being See also:bound See also:round and held together by twisting stems round them. The threshing is done on the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field in most cases.
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