/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Saracen Wheat (French, Blé-sar-rasin)
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Buck-wheat; so called because it was brought into Spain by the Moors or Saracens. (See Buckwheat.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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