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qui⋅nua

[keen-wah]
–noun
quinoa.

qui⋅noa

[keen-wah, kee-noh-uh]
–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.
Also, quinua.


Origin:
1615–25; < Sp < Quechua kinua, kinoa
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