quinoa
[ keen-wah, kee-noh-uh ]
noun
a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the amaranth family, cultivated mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
Origin of quinoa
1First recorded in 1615–25; from Spanish quinoa, quínoa, quinua, from Quechua kínua, kinúwa
- Also qui·nua [keen-wah] /ˈkin wɑ/ .
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How to use quinoa in a sentence
Sucré's army lay at the eastern extremity of the plain, at the edge of the slope which rises from Quinua.
The South American Republics, Part II (of 2) | Thomas C. Dawson
British Dictionary definitions for quinoa
quinoa
/ (ˈkiːnəʊə, kwɪˈnəʊə) /
noun
a grain high in nutrients traditionally grown as a staple food high in the Andes
Origin of quinoa
1Spanish
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