wild buckwheat

noun

1. umbrella plant ( def 3 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild buckwheat¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Endless blue skies and stretches of open freeway, the edges smudged with orange poppies and wild buckwheat and tumbles of pink and purple bougainvillea.

From New York Times

“Here, I have everything. In the yard around the cabin there are dewberries and wild buckwheat.”

From Washington Post

California has many kinds of wild buckwheat, but the blue's life cycle relies exclusively on one species, known as coast buckwheat or seacliff buckwheat. 

From National Geographic

Within a few feet, he stops and hunches over a weedy patch at the edge of the asphalt, where he identifies wild buckwheat, wood sorrel and chickweed.

From Washington Post

The wild buckwheat is a characteristic feature of the southern landscape.

From Project Gutenberg