California buckwheat

Definitions of California buckwheat
  1. noun
    low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah)
    synonyms: Erigonum fasciculatum, wild buckwheat
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    type of:
    eriogonum
    any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers
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