Buckwheat vs. Kasha

Buckwheatnoun

An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.

Kashanoun

A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.

Buckwheatnoun

(culinary) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.

Kashanoun

boiled or baked buckwheat

Buckwheatnoun

Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.

Kasha

In English, kasha usually refers to pseudocereal buckwheat or its culinary preparations. In various East-Central and Eastern European countries, kasha can apply to any kind of cooked grain.

Buckwheatnoun

A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.

Buckwheatnoun

The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.

Buckwheatnoun

or member of 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

Buckwheatnoun

grain ground into flour

Buckwheat

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), or common buckwheat, is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. The name is used for several other species, such as Fagopyrum tataricum, a domesticated food plant raised in Asia.

‘buckwheat’;