quinoa

[ keen-wah, kee-noh-uh ]

noun
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1615–25; from Spanish quinoa, quínoa, quinua, from Quechua kínua, kinúwa
  • Also qui·nua [keen-wah] /ˈkin wɑ/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for quinoa

quinoa

/ (ˈkiːnəʊə, kwɪˈnəʊə) /


noun
  1. a grain high in nutrients traditionally grown as a staple food high in the Andes

Origin of quinoa

1
Spanish

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