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qui·noa 
[keen-wah, kee-noh-uh] Pronunciation Key
[keen-wah, kee-noh-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the goosefoot family, cultivated in Peru and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple. |
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| qui·no·a
(kĭ-nō'ə, kēn'wä) Pronunciation Key
n.
[American Spanish quínoa, from Quechua kinua, kinoa.] |
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Quinoa
Qui*no"a\, n. The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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